CHI85LA116
1985-02-20 · PONTIAC, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport PTK
Current FAA registration · N6450K
- Make / Model
- CESSNA 172P
- Year of manufacture
- 1980 · 5 years old at event
- Engine
- LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 4 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19800910
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A87A30
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL PORTION OF A TOUCH & GO LNDG. THE LOW FLT TIME STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING ENDINGS SOLO WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS RESETTING THE CARB HEAT & FLAPS DURING THE LNDG ROLL JIST PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN SNOW COVERED GRASS. THE PLT WAS LNDG IN A 10 KT X-WIND FROM THE LEFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1985_CHI85LA116.txt.
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