- Date
- March 8, 1993, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1628CCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930308009839A
- Case key
- 43014
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. Factors contributing to the accident were soft terrain, excessive airspeed, and crosswinds.
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 pilot in command touched down slightly fast on the 2500 foot gravel strip while landing to the east. A northeasterly crosswind was reported at the time. The aircraft began to bounce and cock left during which time the left wheel rolled into soft soil. Thereafter, the pilot in command lost directional control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1628C
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30328
- Airframe hours
- 3,501
- Engine
- Continental O-470J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fitzgerald, Brett R.
- Registered owner
- Fitzgerald, Brett R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Airport
- Promontory Point, runway 8, 2,500 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,530 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,480 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1628C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.