Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N2825U

10 April 1988 · Myerstown, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 April 1988 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N2825U, operated by GUY H. Krill, was involved in an accident near Myerstown, Pennsylvania, 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 18:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Myerstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Private Strip
Coordinates
40.3708, -76.2996
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N2825U
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
GUY H. Krill
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Myerstown → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC88LA122

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 STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT WHEEL DUG INTO THE SOD. AT THE SAME TIME THE RIGHT WING LIFTED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER. THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 30.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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