- Date
- November 18, 1986, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6786PCessna 402C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861118065819A
- Case key
- 7348
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Hard landing
Remedial action - inadequateCause
Analysis
The plt reported that he was about five feet above the rwy when he encountered a gust of wind. The acft rocked from side to side during the apch and touched down hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6786P
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402CO415
- Airframe hours
- 1,796
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Northeast Airways
- Registered owner
- M. Alfieri Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 28, 1986 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- MMU · Morristown, NJ
- Destination
- 14G · Fremont, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 14G · Fremont, runway 9, 4,045 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,625 total · 240 in this make and model · 5,410 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 14 knots, gusting 23
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 30 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.