- Date
- June 9, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairmont, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5317KCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880609027089A
- Case key
- 14091
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was attempting to land. Just prior to touchdown a gust of wind pushed the aircraft to the left of the runway. The pilot was unable to maintain control of the aircraft resulting in the aircraft encountering a stall and colliding with the runway. The pilot stated he was landing to the northeast on runway 02, but prop and skid marks on the runway indicate the pilot was attempting to land the aircraft on runway 20. The winds at the time of the accident were from the northeast at 11 knots gusting to 16 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5317K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274061
- Airframe hours
- 4,225
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wings Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1987 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- STP · St. Paul, MN
- Destination
- FRM · Fairmont, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FRM · Fairmont Municipal, runway 20, 3,300 × 75 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FRM, 1 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.