- Date
- March 9, 1989, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tooele, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3613UCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890309034199A
- Case key
- 17681
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot which resulted in loss of directional control and inadvertent ground swerve. The quartering crosswind, gusts, and lack of pilot experience were contributing 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 student plt was on a solo x-country training flt. He rprtd that drg the takeoff roll on rwy 16, a gust of wind blew the plane off the left side of the rwy. Also, he rprtd the winds were from 180 deg at 20 gusting 30 KTS. The nose gear, prop & wings were damaged drg the occurrence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3613U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255013
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Golden Spike Flying Club
- Destination
- BMC · Brigham City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- UT29 · Bolinder, runway 16, 5,500 × 75 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 9 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.