- Date
- October 10, 1992, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Picacho, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736WZCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921010041589A
- Case key
- 27842
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Probable cause
The pilot's encounter with the unforecasted cyclonic wind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before departing on the accident flight the pilot called the fss and found that no adverse weather had been reported. The pilot then flew to the local area to practice some basic maneuvers. After completing the maneuvers he flew to an uncontrolled airport to practice takeoffs and landings. Upon arriving over the airport he broadcast his intentions to land, but no one responded. The pilot overflew the airport and determined that the surface winds were light and favored runway 33. He then flew a normal left traffic pattern. When he flared the aircraft for landing, a strong wind gust, associated with a dust devil, suddenly raised the right wing. The left wing struck the runway before the pilot could arrest this condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736WZ
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722858
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Monterey Navy Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Monterey Navy Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- E60 · Eloy, AZ
- Airport
- E71 · Eds Field, runway 33, 5,200 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 45 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °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 N736WZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.