- Date
- February 16, 2006, 17:30 local (Feb 17, 2006, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13514Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20060216001899A
- Case key
- 63244
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control.
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 airplane veered off the runway surface during the landing roll and collided with a taxiway sign. After returning from a local area flight, the pilot completed an uneventful final approach and touchdown. While on the landing roll, the airplane began to veer to the right. The pilot was unable to counteract the veer and the airplane impacted a taxiway marker. The pilot reported the winds were variable at 15 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The pilot said there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Factual narrative
The airplane veered off of the runway surface during the landing roll. After returning from a local area flight, the pilot aligned the airplane on a 2-mile final for the active runway. The final approach and landing flare were uneventful and the airplane touched down on the runway. While on the landing roll the airplane crossed over a perpendicular runway and began to veer to the right. The pilot was unable to counteract the veer and the airplane impacted a taxiway marker.
The airplane incurred damage to the firewall. The pilot reported the winds were variable at 15 knots, gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13514
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262811
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skyschool, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love Field Airport, runway 12, 4,408 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 20 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
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 N13514 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.