- Date
- March 13, 1982, 16:00 local (Mar 14, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7498XCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313003719A
- Case key
- 71350
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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
At 1530 PST, the pilot received a weather briefing from the Lancaster fss. At that time, the wind was variable, 230 to 250 degrees, at 20 KTS. The pilot reported the wind was variable from the same direction at 22 to 26 KTS, while taxiing to runway 24. The takeoff was started at about 1600 PST. The pilot stated that he was at the rotation speed of 60 to 65 mph with the nosewheel off of the runway when the aircraft was hit by a shear gust from the left. He stated the gust was from 180 degrees at 43 KTS. The aircraft departed to the right side of the runway, the nose gear failed, and the plane nosed over. At 1604 PST, the wind was from 230 degrees at 27 gusting 37 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7498X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17247998
- Airframe hours
- 1,974
- Engine
- Lycoming O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Harris
- Registered owner
- Charles Harris
- Departed
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Destination
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Airport
- WJF · Fox Field, runway 24, 5,000 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 790 total · 423 in this make and model · 756 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 27 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 138 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.