- Date
- February 7, 1987, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62429Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870207075159A
- Case key
- 30599
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbank
Analysis
During landing roll, the aircraft encountered patchy ice on the runway surface causing the aircraft to skid out of control and impact a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62429
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275268
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mid Island Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Destination
- Columbia, NY
- Airport
- NK02 · Green Acres, runway 19, 2,090 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 12 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.