- Date
- June 28, 1991, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6522DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32891
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to observe the windsock before landing resulting in failure to maintain directional control after landing with a quartering tailwind. The airplane collided with a ditch. Contributing to the accident was lack of total experience of the pilot.
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 was advised on the UNICOM frequency that the wind was favoring rwy 33, but he did not observe the windsock to verify this. After touchdown during the landing roll, the acft travelled off the rwy into a ditch & nosed over. He further stated that after the accident he observed airplanes landing on rwy 15. A thunderstorm with moderated rain showers was located 22 NM sse of the accident arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6522D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272843
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stetson Air, Inc., doing business as Ambassador Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Seneca I Associates, Inc.
- Departed
- ZPH · Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport
- PGD · Punta Gorda, runway 33, 4,800 × 150 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 22 nm away