# Accident 19921010041589A: Cessna R172K, Picacho, AZ, October 10, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1992, 13:45 local time
- Place: Picacho, AZ
- Airport: Eds Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6844° N, 111.5020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ed's Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6844&lon=-111.5020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736WZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736WZ-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 45 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921010041589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

REPORTED DUST DEVIL WHIRLWIND STRUCK AIRCRAFT AS HE FLARED TO LAND.LEFT WING STRUCK RUNWAY.SLID SIDEWAYS INTO TREES

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX93LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA008), Oct 10, 1992: Cessna R172K (N736WZ), Picacho, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ENCOUNTER WITH THE UNFORECASTED CYCLONIC WIND.

## Other reports on N736WZ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970122000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970122000749A), Jan 22, 1997: Cessna R172K (N736WZ), Bagdad, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.4) The operator reported that several flights were canceled on the morning of the accident due to darkening weather north of the departure airport. A witness…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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