- Date
- January 16, 1986, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Durhamville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5456TCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860116000959A
- Case key
- 30288
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight was returning from a 4-LEG 300-mile cross country trip. On flare touchdown, the pilot reported severe vibration. As brakes were applied the vibration increased, and the aircraft became uncontrollable. The aircraft pulled to the right and collided with a snowbank nose first and came to rest inverted. Investigation revealed no reason for the vibration reported by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5456T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251356
- Airframe hours
- 5,993
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael D. Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- ART · Watertown, NY
- Destination
- NK03 · Durhamville, NY
- Airport
- NK03 · Kamp, runway 28, 3,000 × 50 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5456T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.