- Date
- January 10, 1990, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Staunton, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8488UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900110000379A
- Case key
- 11576
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a crosswind landing.
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 plt reported landing on the centerline of rwy 23. During the landing roll, the acft traveled off the left side of the rwy, through grass and down a steep embankment, where it nosed over. The plt reported winds were from 270 degs to 310 degs at 18 knots gusting to 25 knots. During a wx observation about 5 minutes before the accident, the winds were from 270 degs at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8488U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252388
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- August Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Leo Lafferty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FDK · Frederick, MD
- Airport
- SHD · Shenandoah Valley, runway 23, 6,002 × 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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 59 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.