- Date
- July 28, 1992, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vernon, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5063ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920728027939A
- Case key
- 18542
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Probable cause
Aircraft control not maintained by pilot. A factor was 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
As the pilot initiated the landing flare, unforecasted unfavorable winds crossed the landing area. The airplane was blown over a plowed field and as the left wing was lifted upward by the wind the right main gear and wing impacted the plowed ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5063A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28063
- Airframe hours
- 2,981
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neighbors, Jerry L.
- Registered owner
- Neighbors, Jerry L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1992 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- PVW · Plainview, TX
- Destination
- F05
- Airport
- F05 · Wilbarger County, runway 16, 4,304 × 80 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 88 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 215° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.