- Date
- June 29, 1992, 18:30 local (Jun 30, 1992, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Havasu, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6496ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920629022219A
- Case key
- 27665
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for the existing wind conditions and to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
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 reported that he encountered what he described as a 'wind shear' during the landing flare on runway 14. The pilot said the aircraft landed hard, he lost directional control and ran off the left side of the runway. The aircraft collided with the embankment of a large drainage swale adjacent to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6496E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46596
- Airframe hours
- 4,587
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Havasu Flyers Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Havasu Flyers Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 29, 1992 · 128 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HII · Lake Havasu, runway 14, 5,500 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 735 total · 417 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 17 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F
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 N6496E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.