- Date
- July 8, 2000, 13:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1897VCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000708039689A
- Case key
- 49656
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot-in-command to adequately compensate for a crosswind condition and maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in the airplane departing the runway and colliding with a sign.
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 completed four touch-and-go landings on runway 22L. He requested a full stop landing and was cleared to land on runway 22R. The wind was from 180 degrees at 8 knots, and he applied right rudder and left aileron to maintain alignment. As the airplane touched down on the right main landing gear, it veered to the left. After departing the runway, the airplane collided with a taxiway sign.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 2000, about 1338 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 172, N1897V, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway and collided with a taxiway sign during the landing roll at the Chandler, Arizona, airport. The pilot rented the airplane from Sunbird Flight Services, who operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The local personal flight departed Chandler at 1300. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot stated that he completed four touch-and-go landings on runway 22L. He requested a full stop landing and was cleared to land on runway 22R. The pilot reported he had to apply right rudder and left aileron to maintain alignment. As the airplane touched down on the right main landing gear, it veered to the left. After departing the runway, the airplane collided with a taxiway sign. A special METAR (Aviation Routine Weather Report) issued for Chandler at 1339 reported the wind was from 180 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1897V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-63785
- Airframe hours
- 6,211
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320/E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunbird Flight Services
- Registered owner
- Philip F. Remmel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 7, 2000 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- CHD
- Destination
- CHD
- Airport
- CHD · Chandler Municipal, runway 22R, 4,401 × 75 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 4 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 207 °F, dew point 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHD
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 N1897V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.