- Date
- May 23, 1990, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66026Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900523018319A
- Case key
- 32662
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors related to the accident were: the crosswind and the pilot's lack of total flying expereince.
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 stated that she performed a go-around during the first attempt to land, due to a direct crosswind from the rt at 12-15 KTS. During the second attempt, the lt wing contacted the rwy followed by the propeller. The acft came to rest inverted. The flight controls were examined & there was no evidence of failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66026
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275950
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orlando Aero Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- X61 · Zellwood, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando Country, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 22 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MCO, 22 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.