- Date
- December 7, 1983, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Macdoel, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6070RCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831207071289A
- Case key
- 24125
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during landing rollout. The plt said he thought the wind was 'southerly at about 20 kts'. He stated that while flaring for landing on rwy 15 a stront gust estimated at 40 KTS was encountered & the acft drifted off the 40 ft wide rwy. The plt said the acft touched down in the rough and rolled straight ahead about 10 ft to the side of the rwy. Just before stopping the acft collided with two trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6070R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253739
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene P. And Frances H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 085 · Redding, CA
- Airport
- 6CA1 · Triple R Ranch, runway 15, 2,300 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 592 total · 592 in this make and model · 506 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 150° at 20 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.