# NTSB SEA85LA226: Cessna 172, N52202, Fernly, NV, September 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1985, 18:30 local (Sep 25, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Fernly, NV
- Coordinates: 39.480113, -119.739555 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4801&lon=-119.7396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40248/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA226

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - object - bird(s) (cause)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - penetrated
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT'S WINDSCREEN WAS STRUCK BY A BIRD AND WAS BLOWN OUT INJURING THE PLT. THE PLT HAD DIFFICULTY KEEPING THE ACFT AIRBORNE AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON SOFT TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N52202 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274435
- Airframe hours: 2061
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fred Berrie
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 8, 1985, 108 hours before
- Departed: RNO, RENO, NV

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 141 total, 17 in this make and model, 98 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 25 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850924047529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850924047529A), Sep 24, 1985: Cessna 172P, Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Bird strike took out entire windscreen during turn into sun. Landed on soft sand, nosewheel dug in, nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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