# NTSB SEA88LA041: Cessna 172M, N2320E, St. Anthony, ID, January 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 27, 1988, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: St. Anthony, ID
- Coordinates: 43.979839, -111.789474 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9798&lon=-111.7895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40774
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40774/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ONTO THE 50 FOOT WIDE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST WITH THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTING TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A SNOW BERM, AND THEN NOSING OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2320E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2320E), registered now, S/N 17271232 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271232
- Airframe hours: 1685
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero Mark
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: IDA, IDAHO FALLS, ID
- Destination: U12, ST. ANTHONY, ID
- Airport: U12, Stanford Field, runway 22, 4,510 × 50 ft, snow

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 82 total, 3 in this make and model, 46 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 21 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IDA, 42 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880127001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127001489A), Jan 27, 1988: Cessna 172N, St Anthony, ID, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on rollout on a snow packed runway. Veered left into a snow berm and nosed over inverted

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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