Cessna 172P N52362
24 June 1987 · Ft. Wayne, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 June 1987 at about 20:10 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N52362, operated by Bowman Aviation, was involved in an accident near Ft. Wayne, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ft. Wayne, Indiana, United States
- Coordinates
- 41.0704, -85.1702
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N52362
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Bowman Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Richmond → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI87LA157
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND PORPOISED. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY GRINDING OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE CARBURETOR. A FIRE BROKE OUT DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE APPEARED FAST ON LANDING AND THAT THE FLAPS WERE NOT DOWN. THE CAUSE OF THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE TO THE COCKPIT AND PITOT TUBE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 1987 | Cessna A150K | Elkhart, Indiana, United States | Wilford W. Mann | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 1987 | Cessna 172P | Terre Haute, Indiana, United States | Brown Flying School, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 1987 | Cessna 150J | Patoka, Indiana, United States | ROY S. Williams | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 1987 | Piper PA-38-112 | Kentland, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 May 1987 | Beechcraft 58P | Evansville, Indiana, United States | Rocco A. Marrese | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 1987 | Cessna 120 | Lebanon, Indiana, United States | Cletus Lamm, II | No injuries | - |