- Date
- August 9, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeview, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8100LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920809029919I
- Case key
- 42872
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include soft terrain.
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
After a hard touchdown, the pilot of the Cessna 172H had trouble maintaining directional control, and the aircraft departed the left side of the runway. After leaving the runway, the aircraft encountered soft terrain, which caused it to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8100L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256300
- Airframe hours
- 1,970
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lake County Flyers
- Registered owner
- Lake County Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1992 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- LKV
- Destination
- LKV
- Airport
- LKV · Lake County Airport, runway 34, 5,303 × 100 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 431 total · 216 in this make and model · 263 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N8100L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.