- Date
- November 24, 1990, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Ida, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4275QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901124052399A
- Case key
- 23292
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to compensate for the adverse wind conditions which resulted in a loss of control on touchdown. A factor was the gusty crosswind.
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 stated that after unsuccessfully attempting several approaches to runway 08, she decided to attempt to land on runway 27. On short final she encountered a 20 knot decrease in airspeed and the airplane subsequently settled onto the runway and veered right into a ditch. The winds were reported as being from 240 degrees at 13 knots, gusting to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4275Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-60175
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bowles, Robert W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ASL · Marshall, TX
- Destination
- 7M3
- Airport
- 7M3 · Bearce, runway 26, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 97 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOT, 20 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.
Other investigations on N4275Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.