- Date
- February 24, 1996, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warehouse Point, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12219Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960224027609A
- Case key
- 39159
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and gusts. The wind conditions were factors.
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 the flare and touchdown, the pilot encountered gusty crosswinds. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and struck a parked Cessna 172, causing minor damage. The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 260 degrees at 12 knots, with gusts to 25 knots.
Factual narrative
On February 24, 1996, about 1830 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172M, N12219, registered to Horizon Flyers Inc., Enfield, Connecticut, collided with a parked airplane during the landing roll at the Skylark Airpark, Warehouse Point, Connecticut, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The parked airplane received minor damage. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight originated from Westfield, Massachusetts, about 1615.
The flight had landed on runway 28, then departed the right side of the runway into the grass, adjacent to the runway and parking ramp. The pilot attempted to return to the runway; however, the wing tip of his airplane struck the propeller blade of a parked Cessna 172, N6054R. At the time, the pilot did not realize he had struck the other airplane, and did not initially report the accident.
The pilot stated:
...making a normal landing approach into a direct cross wind...at touch down, I experienced an extreme gust of wind which lifted my aircraft and carried it off the runway. At this point the aircraft struck a parked aircraft.
The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 260 degrees at 12 knots with gusts to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12219
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261889
- Airframe hours
- 6,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horizon Flyers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1995
- Departed
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Destination
- 7B6
- Airport
- 7B6 · Skylark Airpark, runway 28, 2,600 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 193 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots, gusting 20
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 N12219 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.