- Date
- April 28, 1990, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Angola, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5685ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900428013199A
- Case key
- 14661
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft, while landing in gusty/crosswind conditions. The adverse wind was a related factor.
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 stated that as the aircraft touched down on the runway, a gust of wind caught the upwind (left) wing and lifted it. He reported that the aircraft veered off the right side of the runway and came to rest, nose down, IN a recently plowed field. The pilot reported 64 hours of total flight experience, of which 1.3 hours were in the preceding 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5685E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271919
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marjorie E. Eyster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 30, 1990 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- ANQ
- Destination
- ANQ
- Airport
- ANQ · Tri-State Steuben Co., runway 23, 4,000 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 7 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANQ
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 N5685E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.