- Date
- June 15, 1990, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Show Low, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8512BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900615020719A
- Case key
- 26843
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Probable cause
The pilot improperly used the flight controls and failed to maintain directional control.
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
During the landing roll the pilot improperly used the flight controls to correct for the left quartering headwind. The airplane exited the runway and collided with a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8512B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36212
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hansen, Lars A.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- SOW
- Airport
- SOW · Showlow, runway 21, 3,900 × 60 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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 494 total · 494 in this make and model · 413 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- 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.