- Date
- November 2, 1990, 13:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5096DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901102064609A
- Case key
- 23288
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to compensate for gusty wind condition.
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 an approach to runway 22 the student pilot encountered mild turbulence and high wind gusts in excess of twenty four knots from the left. The airplane began a rapid descent from approximately fifty feet resulting in the pilot losing directional control, followed by ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5096D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272420
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raven Air Parts
- Departed
- ABI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ABI · Abilene, runway 22, 3,686 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 54 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.