- Date
- August 11, 1987, 20:05 local (Aug 12, 1987, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Binghamton, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98494Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870811044089A
- Case key
- 30717
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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 taking off from a touch-&-go landing, the student plt lost control of the acft at an alt of about 100 ft. subsequently, the acft spun to the left & collided with the ground, left wing first, then cartwheeled & came to rest in an upright position. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98494
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276301
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Miller Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Binghamton, NY
- Airport
- BGM · Broome County, runway 34, 6,298 × 150 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 23 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.