- Date
- March 9, 1991, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Miamisburg, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64937Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910309005189A
- Case key
- 36887
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Probable cause
The instructor pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing in a strong crosswind.
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 instructor pilot was landing on runway 20 with a 20-knot right quartering crosswind. During rollout, the airplane began to weathervane and veer to the right. Application of left rudder did not change its direction. The instructor added power, but the airplane banked left after becoming airborne. The propeller and left wing struck the runway. The airplane came to rest along the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64937
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275656
- Airframe hours
- 3,517
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Sales, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aviation Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 22, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- I44 · Dayton, OH
- Airport
- MGY · Dayton General South, runway 2, 5,000 × 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 643 total · 182 in this make and model · 572 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.