- Date
- July 26, 1988, 16:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N46692Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880726028029A
- Case key
- 40854
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot reported that he encountered a downdraft on final. He added power for a go-around; however, a wingtip struck the ground. The aircraft cartwheeled and came to rest to the left of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46692
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257432
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Taylor, doing business as Pacific Aircraft Rentals
- Registered owner
- Richard Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S31 · Lopez Is, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- WA38 · Pirstair Field, runway 25, 2,092 × 35 ft, asphalt
N46692Registration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 49 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.