- Date
- February 24, 1982, 16:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Hennessey, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79325Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820224005579A
- Case key
- 71016
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot reported that he encountered a gust of wind as he was flaring with full flaps about two feet above the strip. He stated that the right wing was blown down (the tail moved to the left) and the right wing collided with a fence beside the airstrip. The wind was gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79325
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258050
- Airframe hours
- 2,371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Schatz
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Schatz
- Departed
- Ponca City, OK
- Destination
- Hennessey, OK
- Airport
- OK42 · Haymaker, runway 12, 2,000 × 35 ft, grass/turf
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 125 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 35° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.