- Date
- April 28, 1986, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3580QCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860428015229A
- Case key
- 40398
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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
While landing for the fifth and final touch and go, the pilot touched down at about midfield, due to too high of an approach. Rather than go-around, the pilot selected heavy braking. The aircraft then veered to the right, struck a mound of dirt sheering off the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3580Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261680
- Airframe hours
- 2,645
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pete Lazaros
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1986
- Departed
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Airport
- TWF · Twin Falls Municipal, runway 30, 3,207 × 108 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.