- Date
- May 17, 1992, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sabina, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8524HNorth American Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920517015109A
- Case key
- 11789
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind which resulted in a loss of directional control. Contributing to the accident was wind gusts.
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 pilot reported that during the flare/touchdown the wind shifted to a quartering tailwind. The pilot stated that she applied full left rudder, aileron, and power, but all were unsuccessful. The airplane collided with trees and a storage tank where it came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8524H
- Reported as
- North American Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-552
- Airframe hours
- 1,473
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carol K Hanshell
- Registered owner
- Robert & Carol K Hanshell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1991 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- I73 · Moraine, OH
- Airport
- 84OH · Hanshell'S Flying Apple, runway 28, 2,000 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 28 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 40 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.