- Date
- November 6, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Robbinsville, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9307DCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881106051189A
- Case key
- 36330
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to adequately correct for the crosswind and maintain control of the aircraft during a crosswind landing.
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 aircraft was being flown from the right seat by a person practicing for her CFI rating. She checked the winds prior to takeoff and determined the crosswind component was 9-11 knots. On her first approach, she made a go around due to the winds. On the second approach, she corrected for the crosswind; however, as she flared a gust of wind caught the acft and it touched down with the left main wheel on the runway and the right main wheel off the runway in the sod. The aircraft continued to drift right striking signs and a weather box. After the accident, when she checked the winds, she found she had miscalculated and the actual crosswind component was 16-22 knots. She said she would not have flown in the higher winds had she known of her error.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9307D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG 01114
- Airframe hours
- 2,188
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Venture, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero Venture Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1988 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- N47 · Robbinsville, NJ
- Airport
- N47 · Trenton/Robbinsville, runway 29, 4,290 × 80 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 95 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.