- Date
- September 13, 1986, 18:30 local (Sep 14, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Novato, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7181GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860913045329A
- Case key
- 25258
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot attempted a crosswind landing at the end of a pleasure cross country flight. A loss of directional control occurred on short final and the aircraft drifted right of the runway. A go-around was attempted without success and the aircraft rolled off the right side of the runway where it contacted a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7181G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258881
- Airframe hours
- 2,998
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Grieve
- Registered owner
- Mountain Air Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1986 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Airport
- O56 · Gnoss Fld, runway 31, 3,300 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 22 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.