- Date
- October 1, 1989, 12:39 local (16:39 UTC)
- Place
- Bennington, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20017Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891001037219A
- Case key
- 36561
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing factor(s) was: the crosswind.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot reported that after the wheels touched the pavement, the crosswind dragged the airplane off the side of the runway down an embankment where it flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20017
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260933
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cities Corp
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Groton, CT
- Destination
- 5B5 · Bennington, VT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 5B5 · Bennington St, runway 31, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °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.