- Date
- August 4, 1987, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plainfield, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99171Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870804045289A
- Case key
- 30703
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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.
Analysis
While landing in crosswind conditions, the pilot failed to compensate for the conditions and lost directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft went down an embankment, collided with a fence and then flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99171
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276414
- Airframe hours
- 864
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Interstate Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Interstate Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1987 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- 4B8 · Robertson, runway 2, 3,116 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 3 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.