- Date
- July 4, 1986, 08:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Richfield, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8291ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860704034859A
- Case key
- 17002
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated after the accident, '...I noticed the wind sock and it was drooping...I went to final approach (for rwy 1) ... Noticed a little wind so I crabbed into it, and I noticed my approach didn't look good so I went to do a go-around. I went to raise the flaps and just then a wind shear or micro burst hit us and we hit real hard and bounced...I tried to straighten it out but had no control.' The aircraft then nosed over on the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8291E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272177
- Airframe hours
- 2,909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marvin Pulsipher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 21, 1986
- Departed
- FGO · St. George, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RIF · Ridgefield Muni, runway 1, 6,645 × 50 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 23 in this make and model · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.