- Date
- October 3, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Thomson, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5266ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871003058489A
- Case key
- 7648
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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
During the ldg roll on rwy 28, a crosswind gust caused the airplane to become airborne again. The plt added full pwr and attempted to abort the ldg. The airplane subsequently drifted to the downwind side of the runway and impacted rising terrain. The plt reported that he was aware of the gusty crosswind conditions at the arpt prior to the ldg. He estimated that the winds at the time were from 340 deg at 15-20 KTS, with unknown velocity gusts. A wx reporting station 30 NM away reported winds from 360 deg at 18KTS, with gusts of 25 KTS. The Cessna 172M POH states that the max allowable x-wind velocity depends upon plt capability as well as acft limitations. The POH notes that direct x-winds of 15 KTS can be handled safely w/avg plt technique.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5266E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271805
- Airframe hours
- 3,006
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Silver Wings Enterprises,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Silver Wings Enterprises Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1987 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- 48J · Thomson Mcduffie County, runway 27, 5,000 × 100 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 387 in this make and model · 728 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 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.