- Date
- January 27, 1993, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5262HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930127001299A
- Case key
- 37293
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Probable cause
The pilot attempted to land in a cross wind, lost control of the airplane, landed off the runway, swerved towards a hanger after going threw a snow bank resulting in the left wing striking the hanger.
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
During an attempted crosswind landing the pilot lost control of the airplane and elected to land in the grass of the side of the runway. The grass was wet and the pilot had difficulty in stopping the airplane. The airplane went threw a snow bank and swerved towards a hanger striking the hanger with the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5262H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 65388
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bun Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bun Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1993 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- 4G9 · Bedford, runway 21, 2,040 × 40 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Private, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 653 total · 160 in this make and model · 634 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 25 °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.