- Date
- May 4, 1985, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Poestenkill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N172TDCessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850504018369A
- Case key
- 35866
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Cessna 172TD encountered strong gusty crosswind while taking from rensselaer airpark and directional control was lost. The aircraft verred off the left side off the run-way and collid with the terrain. Full right rudder was applied to correct the deviation. But aircraft continued to roll into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N172TD
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258939
- Airframe hours
- 2,048
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter S. Drzymala
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1985
- Departed
- Poestenkill, NY
- Airport
- Rensselaer Co., runway 36, 2,800 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 958 total · 200 in this make and model · 753 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.