- Date
- June 5, 1991, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Williams, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N484ERCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910605020199A
- Case key
- 27234
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Probable cause
That the flight encountered windshear and that aircraft control was not possible.
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 flight was a CFI instructional flight. The cfi/pic was occupying the left front seat and the certificated commercial pilot/cfi trainee occupied the right front seat and was flying the airplane. The CFI trainee had previously completed a touch and go landing and takeoff. On the second landing the airplane bounced and the cfi/pic instructed the trainee to go around. The airplane lifted off and was climbing at the best rate when the airplane encountered a wind shear. The airplane yawed violently to the right. The cfi/pic immediately assumed the flight controls but all he could do was to maintain a wings level attitude. The airplane continued to settle and landed hard and cartwheeled. The airport manager confirmed that virga and a dust devil appeared to engulf the airport without any warning.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N484ER
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200123
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J365D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry-Riddle Aero University
- Registered owner
- Embry-Riddle Aero University
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- P32 · Williams, runway 18, 4,500 × 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,638 total · 345 in this make and model · 1,503 as pilot in command · 359 in the last 90 days · 193 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.