# Accident 20020615015149A: Cessna 172M, St Johns, AZ, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: St Johns, AZ
- Airport: St Johns Industrial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5183° N, 109.3786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5183&lon=-109.3786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64307, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64307) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615015149A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JUNE 15, 2002, AT 1200 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N64307, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT AT THE SAINT JOHNS, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ABOUT 0930. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE 270 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 29 KNOTS. (-23) PILOT WAS DOING PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES WAS MONITORING SJN AWOS WHICH TOLD OF VARIABLE WINDS FROM 240-270 @ 24-26 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS. ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 WITH 5 DEGREE FLAP. AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 FEET AGL, LOSS OF ALTITUDE AND YAWING TO LEFT. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN VEERING OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ATTEMPTED TO GAIN TAKEOFF SPEED, RUNNING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WAS OFF IN THE DIRT ON RIGHT SIDE                                   OF RUNWAY 32 WHEN CROSSED RUNWAY 21, CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY AND DOWN THE HILL BEYOND THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT AND PASSENGER SECURED AIRCRAFT AND EXITED SAME.

## 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 LAX02LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA199), Jun 15, 2002: Cessna 172M (N64307), Saint Johns, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with terrain. Related factors were the wind gusts, crosswind and soft terrain.

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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