- Date
- July 23, 1995, 18:35 local (Jul 24, 1995, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65923Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950723019409A
- Case key
- 29162
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Probable cause
the pilot's loss of directional control during a crosswind landing using full flaps and the lack of familiarity with the crosswind landing component chart for 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 attempted to make a full flap crosswind landing with the winds at 12 knots gusting to 20 knots. The pilot stated a low experience level with no training in the use of the crosswind component section of the flight manual. There was no reported mechanical problems with the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On July 23, 1995, at 1835 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N65923, departed off the right side of runway 16L at the Reno Cannon airport in Reno, Nevada. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot received minor injuries. The passenger was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time. The aircraft departed at 1730 from Bridgeport, California, for a return flight to Reno.
The winds were recorded by the Reno tower as from 280 degrees at 12 knots, gusting to 20 knots.
According to an Federal Aviation Administration inspector on scene, the pilot indicated she had no crosswind landing experience, was not aware of the crosswind component, and used 30 degrees of flaps for landing. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65923
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275923
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reno Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- O57 · Bridgeport, CA
- Destination
- RNO
- Airport
- RNO · Reno Cannon, runway 16L, 5,592 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 41 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO
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 N65923 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.