- Date
- April 12, 1986, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5786TCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860412039439A
- Case key
- 40386
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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 student plt lost control of the acft during high gusty wind conditions. The acft then veered to the right of the rwy. The wind at the time of the accident was from 280 degrees at 28 knots gusting to 31 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5786T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251686
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kim A. Adamson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TPA · Tonapah, NV
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- RNO · Cannon International, runway 25, 6,101 × 150 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 28 knots, gusting 31
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Observed at
- RNO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.