- Date
- February 27, 1987, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cross Keys, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9821JCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870227004519A
- Case key
- 30614
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt rprtd that drg the lndg roll, he glanced down at the airspeed indcr, & at the same time, must have relaxed control of the acft. At about that time, the acft drifted to the left side of the rwy, the left main gear struck a snowbank & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9821J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273923
- Airframe hours
- 2,306
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce W. Venables
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1986
- Departed
- N06 · Laurel, DE
- Destination
- 17N
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 17N · Cross Keys, runway 9, 3,503 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 29 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.