- Date
- July 15, 1986, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Westerly, RI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4301QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860715032669A
- Case key
- 30383
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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
The plt rprtd he landed in winds which were gusting to 20 KTS. As the acft touched down, it ballooned & the plt applied some power to maintain control. As he contd the landing, the acft began to drift to the left. The plt attempted a go-around, but he was unable to get the acft airborne. Subsequently, the acft contd off the rwy, went over rough terrain & hit a chain link fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4301Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260201
- Airframe hours
- 3,429
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snoopy'S Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1986 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- Block Island, RI
- Airport
- JST · Westeerly State, runway 25, 4,000 × 100 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- 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.