- Date
- June 20, 1983, 20:00 local (Jun 21, 1983, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736UHCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830620028409A
- Case key
- 23757
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft left the runway during landing and collided with a ditch which collapsed the right main gear and nose gear. Thepilot noted during final approach that the windsock did not indicate a cross-wind. The landing was made with 10 degrees of flaps. According to the pilot a gust of wind raised the left wing during flare and took acft off the rwy. The reported wind was 210 degrees at 10-15 KTS. The landing was made on rwy 23.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736UH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 355858
- Airframe hours
- 1,089
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adventist Lay Workers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 17, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- L26 · Hesperia, CA
- Destination
- E25 · Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport
- E25 · Wickenburg, runway 23, 5,050 × 60 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,060 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 108 °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.