- Date
- March 1, 1991, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nashua, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97313Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910301004169A
- Case key
- 36883
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to compensate for wind conditions during landing, resulting in a loss of control and collision with a tree.
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 student pilot was completing a solo cross country. During landing he said, 'in the landing flare a gust of wind estimated at 20 knots struck the aircraft...the aircraft rotated 80 degrees left of centerline. After making attempts to correct I pulled back the power and tried to stop.' The airplane struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97313
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267177
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SFZ · Pawtucket, RI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ASH · Nashua, runway 14, 5,500 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 59 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N97313 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.