- Date
- July 28, 1987, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kernville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52331Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870728077559A
- Case key
- 25653
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo instructional flight, the student plt was attempting a landing with a 6-10 knot crosswind. While on final approach with full flaps and pwr off, the plt stated that over the threshold at aprx 10 ft AGL in the flare configuration, a gust of wind raised the right wing and the acft drifted to the left side of the rwy. The plt added full pwr and retracted the flaps to go-around, however, the acft's landing gear caught on a barb wire fence and the acft nosed over colliding with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52331
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274494
- Airframe hours
- 2,497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Channel Island Aviation
- Registered owner
- Schultz R. E. DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1987 · 109 hours before
- Departed
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Destination
- L05 · Kernville, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L05 · Kernvalley, runway 17, 3,500 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 31 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 35 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.