# NTSB DEN00LA121: Cessna 172P, N51208, Price, UT, July 3, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 2000, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Price, UT
- Coordinates: 39.569801, -110.800743 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5698&lon=-110.8007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA121
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49602/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA121

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll.  Factors were strong and gusty winds.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)

## Analysis

At the completion of a local area flight, the pilot was performing the landing on runway 18 with wind from 170 degrees at 20 knots with gusts to 28 knots.  The airplane departed the side of the runway during landing roll causing damage to the right main landing gear, right lift strut, and propeller.

## Factual narrative

On July 3, 2000, at 1230 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N51208, sustained substantial damage when it departed the side of the runway during landing roll at Price, Utah.   The private pilot and sole occupant was not injured.  The flight was operating as a local area flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.

According to the pilot, he was landing on runway 18 and a gust of wind caused the aircraft to depart the left side of the runway.  Recorded wind at the time was from 170 degrees magnetic heading at 20 knots with gusts to 28 knots.

Damage to the aircraft was to the right main landing gear, right lift strut and propeller.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51208](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51208-2018-01-08), registration cancelled 2018-01-08, S/N 17274280 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274280
- Airframe hours: 8600
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-P2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mikel L. Johnson
- Registered owner: Arrow West Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 26, 2000, 90 hours before
- Departed: PUC
- Airport: PUC, Carbon County, runway 18, 8,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 147 total, 115 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PUC, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000703013009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000703013009A), Jul 3, 2000: Cessna 172P, Price, UT, No damage. (-23) While landing on rwy 18 with a crosswind, a/c was forced off rwy by a large gust of wind. Damage to prop, rt strut, and engine firewall.[privacy data…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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