Cessna 172D N2346U

Summary

On 26 July 1987 at about 21:40 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N2346U, operated by Christonson Farms, Inc., was involved in an accident near Custer, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 July 1987 at 21:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Custer, South Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Custer County (SD01)

Coordinates

43.7594, -103.5991

Aircraft

Cessna 172D

Registration

N2346U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Christonson Farms, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Draper → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA194

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT AND HIS PLT-RATED PAX WERE LANDING ON RWY 7 (4700 FT X 50 FT) AT CUSTER COUNTY ARPT (5602 FT MSL), CUSTER, SD. THE PLT ESTIMATED THE WINDS TO BE FROM 180 DEG AT 15 KTS. ANOTHER PLT AT THE ARPT ESTIMATED THE WINDS TO BE OUT OF THE SE AT 20 TO 25 KTS ALL THAT DAY. THE PLT SAID HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RWY AND THE X-WIND BLEW HIM TO THE LEFT. THE PLT TOLD FAA OFFICIALS THAT AS HE STARTED TO FLARE FOR LANDING, THE ACFT STARTED DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. AFTER THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A ROCK PILE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.