NTSB ATL87LA165 — 1987-06-08 · STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, United States

Current FAA registration · N3644L

Make / Model: CESSNA 172G
Year of manufacture: 1965 · 22 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19651029
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A41E17

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3644L Cessna 172G None

Factual narrative

PIC RPTED HE FLEW OVER AIRPORT AND NOTED WIND DIRECTION AS 290-300 DEGREES ON WIND INDICATOR. HE ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 31 AT UNCONTROLLED FIELD. NORMAL APPROACH FLOWN WITH FULL FLAPS ON FINAL WITH LEFT CROSSWIND CORRECTION. ABOUT 30-40 FEET ABOVE RWY, ACFT QUIT FLYING AND DROPPED. PIC SAID HE RECOVERED JUST ABOVE RWY. GUST LIFTED LEFT WING, AND RIGHT WING TIP SCRAPED RWY. PIT, 23 MILES EAST, HAD WIND 240/15G21. OWNERS MANUAL STATES USE MIN FLAP SETTING IN STRONG CROSSWINDS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_ATL87LA165.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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