- Date
- April 20, 1985, 19:00 local (Apr 21, 1985, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boron, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55448Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850420016079A
- Case key
- 24700
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Analysis
While on a cross country business flt, the plt said he became concerned about an indicated low fuel state and decided to make a precautionary landing. Two approaches had to be abandoned due to what the plt described as 'the most difficult x-wind conditions and gusts' that he had ever experienced. After touchdown on the third landing attempt, plt said the acft 'lurched left, then forward and up over onto its back.' A sheriff's deputy who arrived at the airport shortly after the accident stated that the local surface winds 'were 40 to 50 miles per hour.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55448
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275182
- Airframe hours
- 798
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur H. Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 12, 1984 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Destination
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Airport
- 5L4 · Borax, runway 26, 2,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 585 total · 351 in this make and model · 585 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EDW, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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