- Date
- March 26, 1991, 18:30 local (Mar 27, 1991, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yankton, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1743VCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910326007699A
- Case key
- 15030
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing. The adverse wind condition and the pilot's lack of total experience were related factors.
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 plt said that while attempting to land, the acft was blown to the left of the runway by a gust of wind. The acft struck an airport sign, damaging the left horizontal stabilizer. The pilot initially considered a go-around, but was able to realign the airplane with the remaining runway and land without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1743V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263736
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoffner, Jacob G.
- Airport
- YKN · Chan Gurney, runway 31, 6,100 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 62 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- YKN, 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.