- Date
- January 30, 1993, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Slayton, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2440UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930130002439A
- Case key
- 15657
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition. The crosswind was a 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 reported he was landing on runway 17 with a crosswind estimated at 15 knots gusting to 30 from the southwest. He was unable to maintain directional control during the landing roll, went off the right side of the runway and struck a snowbank. No mechanical deficiencies with the airplane were discovered or claimed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2440U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250040
- Airframe hours
- 3,491
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parker, Richard V.
- Registered owner
- Parker, Richard V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 30, 1993 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Lavern, MN
- Airport
- 60Y · Slayton, runway 17, 3,005 × 60 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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 173 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.