- Date
- May 14, 1988, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Chester, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9638BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880514016179A
- Case key
- 36147
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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
The pilot was performing a touch and go landing at brandwyine airport and lost directional control during landing. He said he touched down, applied full power then remembered to put the flaps up. When the acft started to veer off the rwy the plt applied brakes but was unable to regain control. The terrain off the rwy was descending. The acft became airborne briefly then stalled and collided with trees to the rt of the rwy. The plt said this was his first 'touch and go' in about 2 years.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9638B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0936
- Airframe hours
- 611
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- T.A. F. Aviation Corp
- Registered owner
- Thomas A Fillippo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1987
- Departed
- N99 · Brandywine, PA
- Airport
- N99 · Brandywine, runway 9, 3,012 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 155 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.