- Date
- March 2, 1987, 11:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- Charlottesville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734ZDCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11311
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After climbing to cruise altitude and noting that the winds were stronger than expected, the pilot elected to divert to Charlottesville. Upon entering the traffic pattern, the pilot noted that he would be landing with a crosswind from the right. The aircraft touched down and traveled about 100 feet before running off the left side of the runway. Winds were 300 degress at 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734ZD
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269237
- Airframe hours
- 1,860
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Warren M. Griffin
- Registered owner
- Warren M Griffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2WO · Wintergreen, VA
- Destination
- CHO · Stone Mountain, GA
- Airport
- CHO · Charlottesville-Albemarle, runway 21, 6,001 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 119 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHO
Other investigations on N734ZD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.