- Date
- August 3, 1993, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manteo, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80797Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930803027679A
- Case key
- 3249
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse wind and the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing (inadequate weather evaluation).
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during the flare/touchdown phase of the landing, the airplane encountered a wind condition that that she believed was windshear. She said that this resulted in a nose high pitch attitude and a drop in airspeed. She lost control of the airplane, and it fell nose first and collided with the runway surface. Winds in the local area were reported at five knots with strong gusts. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane. There was no record of the pilot receiving a weather briefing before or during the flight.
Factual narrative
On August 3, 1993, at 1630 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172, N80797, collided with the runway while attempting a landing at the Dare County Regional Airport, Manteo, North Carolina. The personal flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial structural damage and the pilot was not injured. The flight departed Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, at 1615 hours.
Reportedly, the pilot encountered a gust of wind during the touchdown phase of the approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80797
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-66750
- Engine
- Continental O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kitty Hawk Aero Tours
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FFA · Kill Devil Hill, NC
- Destination
- MQI
- Airport
- MQI · Dare County Regional, runway 22, 3,849 × 75 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 250 in this make and model · 1,530 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.