- Date
- May 7, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4664FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830507017979A
- Case key
- 12164
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Weather condition - high windFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Nose down
Analysis
The acft ran off the right side of the rwy during landing flare. The right wing tip struck the ground and the acft cartwheeled. The wind was reported as from 010 degrees at 25 KTS gusting to 33 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4664F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-73069
- Airframe hours
- 714
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Susan M. Symonds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1982
- Departed
- ONL · O'Neill, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AUM · Austin Muni, runway 35, 3,800 × 100 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 71 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 25 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST, 30 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.