- Date
- September 22, 1990, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Orovada, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13686Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900922041519A
- Case key
- 26930
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to initiate a go-around. His lack of recent experience in type of operation, (landings), and the inadvertent ground loop were factors in the accident.
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
Upon arriving at his destination the pilot entered the traffic pattern for landing. He stated that his approach speed was too fast and the aircraft landed long. When it became apparent that there was insufficient runway ahead in which to stop, the pilot turned the aircraft off the runway. The aircraft ground looped and dragged a wing on the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13686
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262943
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- T-Craft Aero Club Inc
- Departed
- S67 · Nampa, ID
- Destination
- NONE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Pauite Meadows Pvt, runway 27, 3,500 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 195 in this make and model · 561 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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.