- Date
- May 1, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Newton, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5533RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830501016649A
- Case key
- 33403
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft crashed alongside the runway during an attempted go-around. The runway in use was 17 and the wind was from 250 degrees at 15 KTS gusting to 24 KTS. The pilot stated he could not get aligned with the runway so he retracted the landing gear and started a go-around. The acft would not climb out of ground effect and settled back to the ground 100 feet off the side of the runway. After skidding 100 to 150 feet the wind lifted the wing and the acft went over on its back
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5533R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0072
- Airframe hours
- 1,782
- Engine
- Lycoming 10-360-FIAG, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hesston College Aviation
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 15, 1982 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- GRI · Grand Island, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EWK · Newton-City-County, runway 17, 7,000 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 57 in this make and model · 581 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.