- Date
- April 26, 1993, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Meeker, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4472RCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930426010909A
- Case key
- 18282
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions. A factor was: gusty crosswinds.
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 pilot, on a solo cross country flight, was making a landing approach to runway 21. Winds were reported to be from 180 degrees at 18 knots. The pilot said as he flared for landing, a gust of wind lifted the airplane back into the air then it dropped to the ground. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to a halt on the right side of the runway. The airport manager said there were 'gusty crosswinds' at the time of the accident, gusting from 18 knots to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4472R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263214
- Airframe hours
- 4,613
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kempton, Larry G. Jr., doing business as Kempton Air Sevice
- Registered owner
- Kempton, Larry G. Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1993 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- RIL · Rifle, CO
- Destination
- 2V3 · CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2V3 · Meeker, runway 21, 6,500 × 60 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.