- Date
- August 19, 1985, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Preston, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54016Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850819069829A
- Case key
- 40227
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed at Preston, ID, for fuel in a x-wind of 15-20 KTS, gusting to 30 KTS. A gust at touchdown veered the acft to the rt. The plt attempted a go-around with full flaps. Flaps were reduced as a stall occurred. The acft hit the ground and bounced back into the air. After colliding with power lines the acft rolled down an embankment. The density alt was aprx 7200 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54016
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274846
- Airframe hours
- 816
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas W.Hayes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MLD · Malad, ID
- Destination
- U10 · Preston, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U10 · Preston, runway 21, 3,170 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 421 total · 421 in this make and model · 391 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLD, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.