- Date
- December 4, 1991, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ramseur, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65013Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911204059269A
- Case key
- 8549
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for the wind conditions. The gusty crosswind was a factor in the accident.
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 private pilot was preparing to land on runway 36. He later reported that surface winds were from 310 degrees at 16 knots, gusting to 25 knots. He also reported using right aileron,right rudder, and zero flaps on final. He encountered wind gusts on short final, and executed a go-around. The airplane collided with trees and a fence before impacting the terrain inverted. No evidence of mechanical malfunction was reported or found. The pilot's total flying time was 116 hours, including 35 hours as pilot-incommand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65013
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275668
- Airframe hours
- 4,933
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lewis Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Lewis Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 29, 1991 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- BUY · Burlington, NC
- Airport
- NC13 · Yorks Field, runway 36, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 46 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 16 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 24 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.