- Date
- March 3, 1986, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- American Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6486JCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860303005239A
- Case key
- 40364
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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 student pilot was attempting to make a touch and go, when the aircraft veered to the left of the runway and struck an embankment. The student failed to use enough right rudder to maintain directional control. The runway's width is 50 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6486J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pocatello Av Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Destination
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U01 · American Falls
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6486J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.