# NTSB NYC87LA096: Cessna 172, N7509G, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Coordinates: 41.679405, -73.859504 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6794&lon=-73.8595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30612
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30612/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA096

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7509G-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 17259209, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17259209
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870221080369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870221080369A), Feb 21, 1987: Cessna 172K, Poughkeepsie, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during rollout. Aircraft veered right and collided with a snowbank.

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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