- Date
- June 6, 1993, 09:24 local (13:24 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln Park, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97055Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930606017429A
- Case key
- 37325
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a ground swerve and a collision with trees.
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 on a solo flight practicing takeoffs and landings. This practice was being conducted with a 5 to 8 knot left cross wind. The pilot indicated that on his last landing, at touchdown, a gust of wind from the right caused the airplane to veer left off the runway at a 45 degree angle. The pilot maneuvered the airplane around parked airplanes and an automobile, then impacted a tree line. Attempts to brake the airplane to a stop had been unsuccessful on the grass surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97055
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276149
- Airframe hours
- 6,670
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richard Mossip
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1993 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- N07
- Destination
- N07
- Airport
- N07 · Lincoln Park Airport, runway 1, 2,942 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 111 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDW, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.