- Date
- November 1, 1977
- Place
- Sunnyside, WA · SUNNYSIDE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2388UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771101032809A
- Case key
- 145688
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3605 77/11/1 SUNNYSIDE,WA CESSNA 172D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 166 TIME - 1400 N2388U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNNYSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLENSBURG,WA SUNNYSIDE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND REPORTED BY AG OPERATOR GUSTING TO 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2388U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sunnyside
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.