- Date
- June 22, 1990, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brookville, OH
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N715HRCessna 172H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900622022049A
- Case key
- 14695
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain positive control of the aircraft while encountering gusty, shifty winds and windshear during the initial climbout after takeoff.
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
Shortly after lift-off the aircraft dipped, left wing down, and nosed into the ground in a newly planted field. The pilot stated that he attributed the accident to windshear, and indicated that it might have been prevented by climbing out at a higher airspeed. The winds were reported to be out of the south at 10 knots, with gusts to 15 knots; the departure runway was runway 27. Strong and variable winds were reported in the area at the time of the accident, and there was one previous report of windshear at the departure airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N715HR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256104
- Airframe hours
- 8,242
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brookville Airpark
- Registered owner
- Brookville Airpark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1989 · 158 hours before
- Destination
- RDG · Reading, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- I62 · Brookville Airpark, runway 27, 2,550 × 30 ft
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 464 total · 44 in this make and model · 369 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- 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 N715HR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.