- Date
- May 30, 1983, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Willits, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9699QCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830530021389A
- Case key
- 23730
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy during landing in a 15 kt crosswind. The pilot stated that just after touchdown he encountered 'a left quartering tailwind gust more like 220 degrees at 10 kts' which picked up his left wing and caused him to veer off the rwy. UNICOM had advised that the wind was from 270 degrees at 5 KTS according to the pilot. The landing was on rwy 34. Two ground witnesses with aeronautical experience provided statements. They said the wind was variable with gusts to 10 KTS. They described a high flare with a ballooning effect, the right wing dropping, the acft going off to the right side of the rwy and nosing down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9699Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265783
- Airframe hours
- 2,652
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fallon Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- AUN · Auburn, CA
- Airport
- 028 · Willia Muni, runway 34, 3,000 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 212 total · 63 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N9699Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.