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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Ellensberg, WA · April 27, 1986

Date
April 27, 1986 · 17:30 local
Place
Ellensberg, WA
Airport
Jkd
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7198A
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA86LA112
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total22 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed hard, collapsed nose gear and nosed over in strong, gusty crosswind. Trees, house upwind caused windshear.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED HARD, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER IN STRONG, GUSTY CROSSWIND. TREES, HOUSE UPWIND CAUSED WINDSHEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.