- Date
- June 21, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weatherford, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84839Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860621027069A
- Case key
- 22045
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The pilot reported losing control of the acft during touchdown due to the crosswind. The landing was being made on runway 16 and there was a 7 kt wind from 200 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84839
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258637
- Airframe hours
- 1,732
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Sell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1985 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- F16 · Denton, TX
- Airport
- F78 · Horseshoe Bend, runway 16, 3,110 × 35 ft, gravel
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 143 total · 79 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.