- Date
- October 6, 1984, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Astoria, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9243BCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841006054689A
- Case key
- 40074
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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 plt reported that during landing the acft started to skid to the left of the rwy. He applied rudder and aileron and then added power. The elevator was pulled back, the nose went up and the left wing went down. The acft hit the ground hard on the wing tip and landing gear. The nose gear and rt main gear collapsed and the acft skidded to a stop. The plt said that during the landing the wind was changing velocity and direction rapidly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9243B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55043
- Airframe hours
- 1,682
- Engine
- Continental CO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Raichl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AST · Astoria, OR
- Destination
- AST · Astoria, OR
- Airport
- AST · Clapsop County, runway 13, 5,059 × 200 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 187 total · 187 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AST
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.