- Date
- August 11, 1988, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tupelo, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2344UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880811032509A
- Case key
- 32229
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot landed on runway 18 after completing a cross-country flight. During landing roll the aircraft encountered a downwind gust of wind and the pilot lost control of the aircraft while on the ground. The propeller and right wing were substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2344U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249944
- Airframe hours
- 2,131
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ridge, Wayne W.
- Registered owner
- Wayne Ridge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1987 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- GVL · Gainesville, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TUP · Tupelo Muni., runway 18, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 409 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 96° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUP
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 N2344U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.