- Date
- April 2, 1989, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80436Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890402005179A
- Case key
- 32417
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control. A factor related to the accident was: the gusty/crosswind condition.
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 plt rprtd she landed in gusty x-wind conditions & the acft was pushed off the side of the rwy. Subsequently, the acft nosed over in grass beside the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80436
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266585
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jay-Vol, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jay-Vol Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- JAN · Jackson, MS
- Airport
- ORO · Columbia-Marion County, runway 5, 4,450 × 70 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 140 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCB, 30 nm away
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 N80436 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.