# NTSB NYC94LA001: Cessna 172M, N20286, Wellsville, NY, October 4, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 4, 1993, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC) - Place: Wellsville, NY - Coordinates: 42.119293, -77.939277 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1193&lon=-77.9393&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 30, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38694 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC94LA001 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38694/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA001 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and inflight collision with the terrain. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis THE PILOT MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH THE AIRPORT AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE LANDING RUNWAY WAS 28, AND THE REPORTED WINDS WERE FROM 240 DEGREES, AT 10 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO ROLL OUT, AND THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO SETTLE ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT SAID, '...THE WIND PICKED US UP, IT MUST HAVE GUSTED FROM 35 TO 40, FROM THE LEFT, PUTTING US AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY, ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET OFF THE GROUND.' THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE'S SPEED WAS TOO SLOW. THE PILOT COULD NOT STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE IT WENT DOWN A STEEP BANK TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, AND NOSED OVER. ## Factual narrative On Monday, October 4, 1993, at about 1205 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N20286, piloted by Mr. Roderick. Cram, nosed over during the landing roll at Wellsville Airport, Wellsville, New York. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and the one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91. According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2: ...when calling for advisory at...Wellsville, we were given runway 28 with winds from 240 [degrees] at 10 [knots], gusting to 20...on final, I had the left wing slightly down...had in 10 degrees of flaps...landed on the main gear and started...rollout. The nose started to settle...the wind picked us up, it must have gusted from 35 to 40, from my left, putting us at right angle to the runway, about 20 to 30 feet off the ground. I...attempted to go around, but we were going too slow...and we were unable to recover...the plane moved to the right, we came down on the main gear...the bank that went down the other side of the taxiway was steep. The nose wheel went down [the bank] and the plane flipped over... ## Aircraft - Registration: [N20286](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20286), registered now, S/N 17261159, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17261159 - Airframe hours: 3100 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Roderick Cram - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 5, 1992, 100 hours before - Departed: 1G5, MEDINA, OH - Destination: ELZ - Airport: ELZ, Wellsville Municipal, runway 28, 4,900 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 353 total, 343 in this make and model, 271 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 10 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19931004037529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931004037529A), Oct 4, 1993: Cessna 172M, Wellsville, NY, Substantial damage. Crosswind gust lifted the 172 on rollout. Weathervaned. Came down angle to runway. Hit brakes avoid cliff. Flipped. From the NTSB's public API. 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