ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296583
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| Date: | Thursday 26 September 2002 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K |
| Owner/operator: | Nimbus Corporation |
| Registration: | N736PJ |
| MSN: | R1722678 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1851 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360-K1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shaw Island, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anacortes, WA (74S) |
| Shaw Island, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, who operates in and out of the private airstrip on a regular basis, tried to get the aircraft on the ground before reaching a point where there is an opening in the trees, in order not to be effected by the crosswinds that were blowing. Because his approach was inadvertently higher than he had planned, the aircraft was still in the air when it reached the opening, and a very strong crosswind gust hit the aircraft from the left. Upon encountering the gust, the aircraft's left wing rose upward and the aircraft started to drift off to the right side of the runway. Although the pilot attempted to realign the aircraft with the runway, he was unable to do so before a second gust lifted the wing even higher. As he was trying to compensate for the effects of the wind gusts, the aircraft drifted further to the right and impacted coniferous trees growing just off the right side of the airstrip.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for ambient wind conditions. Factors include the pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude, gusting crosswinds, and trees growing near the edge of the airstrip.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA02LA181
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 08:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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