- Date
- December 27, 1989, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53432Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891227053349A
- Case key
- 17875
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during adverse wind conditions.
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 said that because rwy 22 was closed he chose to land on rwy 16. The tower reported the wind was from 220 degrees at 16 KTS. During the ground roll the acft was hit by gusty winds, and the acft went off the side of the rwy and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53432
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274748
- Airframe hours
- 2,073
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Holman Avaition Company
- Registered owner
- Holman Aviation Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1989 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- GTF · Great Falls, MT
- Destination
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BIL · Billings Logan Int'L, runway 16, 5,585 × 150 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 59 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N53432 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.