- Date
- April 27, 1986, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hubbard, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65654Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860427014069A
- Case key
- 40396
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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
Emergency procedure - simulated
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Nose over
Analysis
During practice simulated forced landing with the power reduced to idle and gusting crosswinds airspeed was lost. The aircraft entered into an approach stall striking the ground nose first and then nosing over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65654
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275800
- Airframe hours
- 343
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1985 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- 3S2 · Aurora, OR
- Destination
- 7S9 · Hubbard, OR
- Airport
- 7S9 · Lenhardts Airpark
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 106 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.