- Date
- February 21, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7509GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870221080369A
- Case key
- 30612
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbank
Analysis
During landing roll out, the pilot lost directional control as the aircraft veered to the right side of the runway and collided with a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7509G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259209
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Vivas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Destination
- POU
- Airport
- POU · Dutchess Co., runway 24, 5,000 × 100 ft, macadam
N7509GRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 76 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.