- Date
- April 12, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92777Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830412014589A
- Case key
- 12131
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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 acft landed nose wheel first in a gusty crosswind. The active runway was 5 and the wind was 150 degrees at 15 KTS gusting to 21 KTS. The pilot stated that before she could round out a wind gust caused the acft to drop and make contacton the nose gear. The nose gear collapsed and the fire wall was bent. No one was injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92777
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261616
- Airframe hours
- 2,855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macatawa Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- HLM · Park Township, runway 5, 3,075 × 50 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
- 100 total · 41 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 21 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.