- Date
- August 15, 1987, 15:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place
- Covelo, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98782Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870815045679A
- Case key
- 25665
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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 plt rprtd that when she was landing, the acft ballooned, entered a porpoise & drifted to the left of the rwy. She applied power to 'fly out of the situation,' but the acft pitched up. The right seat occupant (pax) pulled the control yoke back & simultaneously retracted the flaps as the plt was attempting to go-around. Subsequently, the acft struck a metal pole & came to rest with substantial damage. Later, the plt learned that the acft enctrd a dust devil during the landing. The pax in the right front seat had a pvt plt certificate, but said she had not flown an acft in 'many years.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98782
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276351
- Airframe hours
- 19
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bridgeford Flying Svc
- Registered owner
- R.A. Bridgeford Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1987 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- 028 · Willits, CA
- Destination
- 009
- Airport
- 009 · Round Valley, runway 10, 3,670 × 55 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 560 total · 298 in this make and model · 407 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 009
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.