- Date
- April 11, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Jefferson, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1705FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830411015439A
- Case key
- 12130
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he made a normal approach and was about to land when he added power to land over a rough area of the grass strip. He was maintaining just above stall speed and at minumum control when a gust of wind pushed the acftto the right toward the fence. The pilot added power but too late. The acft touched down still drifting toward the fence. The acft started back toward the center of the strip but the right tip of the rear stabilizer caught the fence. Wind was gusting to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1705F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55100
- Airframe hours
- 2,437
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Registered owner
- Marvin Yutzy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 5, 3,500 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 273 total · 207 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N1705F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.