- Date
- July 14, 1987, 08:47 local (12:47 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80929Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870714034709A
- Case key
- 7482
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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 pilot was vectored for landing on runway 23R behind a Boeing 727. The approach controller advised the pilot that he could land on 23L if he preferred but the pilot elected to continue with the approach to 23R. The tower controller cleared the flight to land on 23R and issued the reminder 'caution wake turbulence'. The flight encountered wake turbulence when over the runway in the landing configuration and the aircraft was flipped inverted before it crashed. Surface winds were from 250 degrees at 4 knots velocity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80929
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172M66805
- Airframe hours
- 3,584
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John W. Strickland
- Registered owner
- Cloud Cappers Flying Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1986 · 308 hours before
- Departed
- 8A6 · Charlotte, NC
- Airport
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham, runway 23R, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 650 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.