- Date
- October 14, 1984, 18:30 local (Oct 15, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corning, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N758FNCessna R172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841014058479A
- Case key
- 24578
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during a landing on rwy 34, the acft encountered a x-wind gust & was pushed off the rwy. It subsequently collided with a ditch & was damaged. The plt reported that the wind was from 300 deg at 16 gusting 22 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758FN
- Reported as
- Cessna R172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3062
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Wanchek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1983
- Departed
- 0O4
- Airport
- 004 · Corning, runway 34, 2,700 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 141 in this make and model · 166 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °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 N758FN · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.