- Date
- July 27, 2000, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Olney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7501XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000727043939A
- Case key
- 49852
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was the gusty crosswind.
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
During landing on runway 22 at the destination airport, the airplane was approximately 20 feet agl when a wind gust moved the airplane to the right of the runway centerline and off the runway. During the pilot's attempt to correct the flight path, the airplane flew into a hay bale and nosed over. Winds were reported from 168 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 20 knots.
Factual narrative
On July 27, 2000, at 1505 central daylight time, a Cessna 172B, N7501X, sustained substantial damage when it exited runway 22 during landing at the Olney Municipal Airport, near Olney, Texas. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot received serious injuries and his passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight which departed Fort Worth, Texas, at 1400.
The passenger reported that the airplane was approximately 20 feet agl when a wind gust moved the airplane to the right of the runway centerline and off the runway. During the pilot's attempt to correct the flight path, the airplane flew into a hay bale. Another pilot on the airport witnessed the airplane flare "high, bounce, exit the runway, hit the hay bale, and flip to the inverted position." The airport manager reported the winds were from 168 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 20 knots.
The FAA inspector, who responded to the site, found the propeller and crankshaft bent. The engine mount was separated and the nose gear collapsed. Structural damage was noted at the wing strut, vertical stabilizer, and rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7501X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248001
- Airframe hours
- 4,539
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Sandlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1999 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- ONY
- Airport
- ONY · Olney Municipal, runway 22, 5,098 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 267 total · 210 in this make and model · 232 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 168° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
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 N7501X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.