# Accident 19971103031699A: Cessna 172, Crystal River, FL, November 3, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1997, 12:50 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Homosassa Air Terminal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8955° N, 82.6019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal River, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8955&lon=-82.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4105F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4105F-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,867 total, 320 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971103031699A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE STUDENT ALLOWED A HARD LANDING IN A CROSSWIND. CFI ALONG FOR RIDE. (.4)THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE RATED STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING A CROSSWIND LANDING. HE ENCOUNTERED A STRONG GUST OF WIND, LIFTING THE RIGHT WING UP. THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT. (-23) AIRPLANE JUST STARTED THE LANDING FLARE FOR RUNWAY 27 WHEN A WIND GUST PICKED UP THE RIGHT WING AND CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT, OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH/EMBANKMENT. WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 330 DEGREE 12 GUST 18.

## 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 MIA98LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA022), Nov 3, 1997: Cessna 172 (N4105F), Crystal River, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructors improper supervision of the rated pilot during a crosswind landing resulting in an in-flight collision with the left wing of the airplane and the runway, subsequent…

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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