- Date
- January 19, 1987, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oakdale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12551Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870119000799A
- Case key
- 25507
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo instructional flight the student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. Upon take-off on runway 28, the wind was light from 100 degrees. On the first landing the wind had changed to a right cross wind from the north. The pilot compensated for the cross wind and landed without incident. The second landing the cross wind had increased to approximately 18 knots. On touch down the pilot lost control and the aircraft veered to the left, off the runway and into the weeds. The pilot added power and retracted the flaps. The aircraft became airborne to approximately 30 feet then lost altitude and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12551
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262065
- Airframe hours
- 5,482
- Engine
- Lycoming O-32-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Diamond K. Aviation
- Registered owner
- Diamond K. Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 26, 1987 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- 027 · Oakdale, CA
- Airport
- 027 · Oakdale, runway 28, 3,020 × 66 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.