- Date
- April 13, 1992, 14:13 local (18:13 UTC)
- Place
- Knightdale, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8471LCessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920413009709A
- Case key
- 8585
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the crosswind conditions at the airport.
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 following a cross country flight. On short final, crosswind conditions blew him slightly off course, and he made a correction. After touchdown, the crosswind blew him off course again, and he attempted a go around. The crosswind lifted the right wing, and the left wing contacted the ground. The airplane spun around and impacted an embankment. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8471L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256671
- Airframe hours
- 2,795
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kaufman, James A.
- Registered owner
- Kaufman, James A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1992 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- BVI · Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport
- W17 · Raleigh East, runway 1, 3,000 × 36 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 135 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 15 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.
Other investigations on N8471L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.