- Date
- April 1, 1992, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7492XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920401007879A
- Case key
- 18458
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Probable cause
Pilots' inadequate compensation for unfavorable windshift. A facator was the unfavorable wind.
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 a daytime initial climb from a private grass airstrip, the wind shifted from a headwind to a crosswind. During the pilot's attempt to compensate for the windshift and gain control of the airplane, the airplane impacted the terrain. The pilot stated that the wind was from 320 degrees at 12 knots gusting to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7492X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17247992
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George E. Verhalen
- Registered owner
- George E. Verhalen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1992
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 32, 1,746 × 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 321 total · 162 in this make and model · 257 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR, 60 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.