- Date
- September 4, 1989, 20:10 local (Sep 5, 1989, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Midlothian, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736YGCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890904033689A
- Case key
- 22915
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to compensate for the crosswind condition, which resulted in a loss of directional control and collision with a tree.
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 failed to compensate for the left-to-right crosswind resulting in a loss of directional control on touchdown. After leaving the prepared surface of the wet sod strip the right wing struck a mesquite tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736YG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Seymour A Ashley
- Registered owner
- Ashley, John S
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Grape Land, TX
- Airport
- NONE · Lake Meadows Airpark, runway 17, 1,624 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 303 total · 17 in this make and model · 237 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.