- Date
- November 25, 1987, 13:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75825Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871125081989A
- Case key
- 25915
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Analysis
A Cessna 172N veered off runway 30. The pilot reported that a gust of wind lifted the left wing resulting in the right wing scraping the runway surface. The airplane subsequently ground looped to the right and departed the runway. The winds were reported to be from 350 degrees at 22 knots gusting to 27 knots during the scheduled record observation at 1248 hours PST, approximately 15 minutes prior to the accident. The sac air traffic control tower had issued a low level wind shear advisory to the pilot when they cleared him to land. At 1337 hours PST a special observation as a result of the airplane accident recorded the winds from 330 degrees at 24 knots gusting to 31 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75825
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 67982
- Airframe hours
- 1,199
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- SAC · Sacramento Executive, runway 30, 3,836 × 100 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,037 total · 1,962 in this make and model · 1,966 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 22 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N75825 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.