# NTSB NYC86LA062: Cessna 172, N5456T, Durhamville, NY, January 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 16, 1986, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Durhamville, NY
- Coordinates: 43.119438, -75.670967 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1194&lon=-75.6710&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA062

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5456T), registered now, S/N 17251356, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17251356
- Airframe hours: 5993
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860116000959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860116000959A), Jan 16, 1986: Cessna 172E, Durhamville, NY, Substantial damage. After touchdown student lost directional control. Aircraft veered off side of runway into a snowbank. Flipped over.

## Other investigations on N5456T (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB UNK64X3112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3112), Jul 29, 1964: Cessna 172E (N5456T), Ft Lauderdale, FL, no damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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