- Date
- July 16, 1990, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Grants, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46593Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900716026339A
- Case key
- 17973
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 private pilot lost control during landing roll, while attempting to go around. The plane departed the runway, entered loose sand and nosed over. The plane came to rest inverted. The pilot was undergoing recurrent private pilot training at the time of the accident. Both wings and the vertical stabilizer were damaged. The nose gear was sheared in the accident, damaging the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46593
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-57372
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4N, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kirtland Afb Aero Club (Usaf)
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GNT · Grants-Milan, runway 13, 5,320 × 80 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 209 total · 162 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 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.