ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229634
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| Date: | Thursday 20 December 2018 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8487X |
| MSN: | 17248987 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 45 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Center, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mc Pherson, KS (MPR) |
| Center, TX (F17) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, during the landing flare, a wind gust "lifted the wing up 90 degrees." She then leveled the wings and added full power. When the wings were leveled, the airplane was above a drainage ditch between the runway and parallel taxiway. She realized that the airplane would not gain enough airspeed to "make the [taxiway]," so she intentionally aerodynamically stalled the airplane to "prevent flipping” it. The airplane descended and impacted the drainage ditch.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right and left wings.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The airport’s automated weather observation system reported that the wind was from 310° at 14 knots, gusting to 23 knots. A weather station located about 2 miles southwest of the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 311° at 2.7 mph (about 2 knots), gusting to 12.1 mph (about 11 knots). The pilot was landing the airplane on runway 35.
Probable Cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2019 07:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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