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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Prescott, AZ · February 14, 1998

Date
February 14, 1998 · 13:16 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Ernest A Love Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8286E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
65 total65 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: the wind was 90 degrees to the landing runway at 15 knots, the pilot was offered a more favorable runway, but declined it because he misinterpreted the wind information. His less than perfect crosswind technique resulted in a bent prop and scraped wingtip.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE WIND WAS 90 DEGREES TO THE LANDING RUNWAY AT 15 KNOTS, THE PILOT WAS OFFERED A MORE FAVORABLE RUNWAY, BUT DECLINED IT BECAUSE HE MISINTERPRETED THE WIND INFORMATION. HIS LESS THAN PERFECT CROSSWIND TECHNIQUE RESULTED IN A BENT PROP AND SCRAPED WINGTIP.