- Date
- May 18, 1988, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Plano, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4675GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880518014739A
- Case key
- 22642
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was returning from practice in the local area and was attempting a landing with a left quartering headwind, with wind gusts. After touchdown, the airplane started to float and drifted to the left, off the runway. The pilot attempted a go-around. The airplane became nose high with an extreme left bank. The plt said the nose started to level and he saw he was heading toward telephone poles/wires. He said he did not apply further back pressure and let the airplane descend to the ground with the left wing and nose low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4675G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-73301
- Airframe hours
- 3,713
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stramel Aviation
- Registered owner
- Stramel Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 4, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- F26
- Airport
- F26 · Dallas North, runway 16, 3,060 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 2 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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