- Date
- December 2, 1981
- Place
- Mattawa, WA · MATTAWA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5757RCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811202041929A
- Case key
- 123076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3161 81/12/2 MATTAWA,WA CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 680 TIME - 1330 N5757R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 553 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESERT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCO,WA MATTAWA,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 38 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD LNDG W DRCT HDWND,AFT STOPPING ON RWY,WND INCREASED,SHIFTED & BLEW ACFT OVR.GSTG 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5757R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Desert
N5757RRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5757R · 1
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