- Date
- April 27, 1986, 17:30 local (Apr 28, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7198ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860427037569A
- Case key
- 40395
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - high windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Hard landing
Nose gear collapsed
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt was attempting to land in high gusting x-winds. The wind was from about 290 degs at 30 KTS gusting to 35 KTS, the rwy heading is about 340 degs. The plt allowed the airspeed to decay to 40 KTS just prior to the flare and a hard flat landing resulted. The acft's nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7198A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29298
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Hulse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 23, 1985
- Departed
- YKM · Yakima, WA
- Destination
- Ellensburg, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Jkd Airstrip, runway 34, 2,600 × ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 25 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.