- Date
- October 4, 1990, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Emporia, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3226LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901004044079I
- Case key
- 14939
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Probable cause
Gusty crosswinds, excessive flap setting, and lack of total experience in type of operation.
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
Student pilot on cross country flight was attempting to land using full flaps with a crosswind of 17 knots gusting to 23 knots 90 degrees to the left. After touchdown the aircraft became momentarily airborne drifted to the right, landed off the runaway, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3226L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256126
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Billie Raye Pitzer
- Registered owner
- Grant D. Pitler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PTS · Pittsburg, KS
- Destination
- EMP · Emporia, KS
- Airport
- EMP · Emporia Muni, runway 1, 4,948 × 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 33 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 17 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP
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 N3226L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.