- Date
- June 12, 1987, 12:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sylva, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9355HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870612028329A
- Case key
- 7449
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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.
Analysis
The CFI instructed his low-time beginning student to make a normal appch to the rwy, and fly down the rwy at about 10 ft above the rwy surface while maintaining rwy hdg. The CFI stated that the purpose of the maneuver was '...to help the student improve his directional control and correct for the cross wind'. The CFI told the student that he would handle the throttle during the maneuver. The airplane subsequently encountered a gust of wind while over the rwy and rolled sharply to the right. The CFI assumed control of the airplane and applied full-up elevator to clear a hill located adjacent to the rwy. The airplane contacted treetops as it cleared the hill, and subsequently settled into trees on the other side of the hill.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9355H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266112
- Airframe hours
- 3,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ernest C. Jones
- Registered owner
- Ernest C Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1987 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- 24A · Jackson County, runway 32, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 340 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9355H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.