# NTSB NYC87LA080: Cessna 172, N62429, Livingston, NY, February 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 7, 1987, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Livingston, NY
- Location: 42.1420° N, 73.7779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livingston, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1420&lon=-73.7779&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30599
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30599/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA080

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62429), registered now, S/N 17275268, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275268
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870207075159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870207075159A), Feb 7, 1987: Cessna 172P, Livingston, NY, Substantial damage. Landed at wrong airport. Landed downwind. Unable to stop. Skidded into a snowbank on edge of ice covered runway.

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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