- Date
- April 12, 1992, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6934HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920412009639A
- Case key
- 18477
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions. Factors were the crosswind and the downdraft.
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
Witnesses reported a 30 to 45 degree crosswind estimated at 18 to 20 knots. On short final, the pilot encountered turbulence and a downdraft created by a large hangar located on the right side of his intended touchdown point. The pilot continued the approach and the ensuing hard landing collapsed the nose gear, and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6934H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265651
- Airframe hours
- 5,270
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Wells, doing business as John Wells Aviation
- Registered owner
- John Wells
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 7, 1992 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- M99 · Benton, AR
- Airport
- NONE · Dockery, runway 36, 2,200 × 30 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,008 total · 100 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 18 knots, gusting 20
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.