- Date
- August 5, 1985, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733NUCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850805036999A
- Case key
- 6848
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose down
Analysis
During landing roll the plt lost directional control of the acft & ran off the side of the rwy. The acft nosed down in soft soil resulting in substantial damage. The plt reported a gust of wind was encountered which resulted in the control loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733NU
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268427
- Airframe hours
- 2,770
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Ruhlig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1985
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Airport
- N59 · Pilot Ridge, runway 9, 2,750 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 40 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 180 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.