Accident Cessna 172E N5456T, Thursday 16 January 1986

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Date:	Thursday 16 January 1986
Time:	16:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 172E
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N5456T
MSN:	17251356
Year of manufacture:	1964
Total airframe hrs:	5993 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-300-D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Durhamville, NY - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Watertown, NY (ART
Destination airport:	Durhamville, NY
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING FROM A 4-LEG 300-MILE CROSS COUNTRY TRIP. ON FLARE TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT REPORTED SEVERE VIBRATION. AS BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VIBRATION INCREASED, AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK NOSE FIRST AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO REASON FOR THE VIBRATION REPORTED BY THE PLT.

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