# NTSB LAX83LA293: Cessna 172, N736UH, Wickenburg, AZ, June 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1983, 20:00 local (Jun 21, 1983, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICKENBURG MUNI (E25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7951&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23757
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA293
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23757/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA293

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear strut - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736UH-2013-03-18), registration cancelled 2013-03-18, S/N R1722795, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 355858
- Airframe hours: 1089
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830620028409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830620028409A), Jun 20, 1983: Cessna R172K, Wickenburg, AZ, Destroyed. Pilot lost directional control during landing in gusty wind condition. Aircraft went off side of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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