- Date
- January 12, 1990, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739BBCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900112000559A
- Case key
- 26719
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control and compensate for gusty wind conditions which resulted in a hard landing.
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 of a Cessna 172 lost directional control during a landing. The pilot was working the traffic pattern in strong wind conditions with gusts to 30 knots. Runway 22 was in use and the winds were from 220. The pilot reported no mechanical problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739BB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arizona Aviation
- Departed
- FFZ
- Destination
- FFZ
- Airport
- FFZ · Mesa, runway 22, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.