# Incident 19980214004309I: Cessna 172N, Prescott, AZ, February 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1998, 13:16 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8286E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8286E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980214004309I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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