- Date
- February 26, 1986, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Quemado, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8935VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860226006019A
- Case key
- 16933
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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 the wind was variable and gusty. When the takeoff was started there was a quartering headwind but as takeoff speed was reached the wind switched to a tailwind. The acft lifted off but immediately settled back to the rwy. The plt then added flaps in an attempt to become airborne and to avoid a hole near the end of the rwy. A gust of wind then caused the left wing to lift up and the right wing contacted a fence post. The acft then cartwheeled and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8935V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264292
- Airframe hours
- 4,881
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gareth R. Hardy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 12, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Destination
- Q35 · Springerville, AZ
- Airport
- 0E6 · Quemado, runway 6, 3,400 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,513 total · 550 in this make and model · 1,319 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.