ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365342
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Date: | Saturday 11 May 1991 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172M |
Owner/operator: | Patterson Aviation |
Registration: | N73001 |
MSN: | 17267232 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Coalinga, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Sacramento, CA (SAC |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:APPROACHING THE DESTINATION AIRPORT THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE LOCAL WIND WAS CALM. THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND DURING ROLLOUT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND IT NOSED OVER IN A SOFT DIRT FIELD. A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT, REPORTED OBSERVING A DUST DEVIL IN THE AREA.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S ENCOUNTER WITH A DUST DEVIL WHICH RESULTED IN HIS LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX91LA208 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA208
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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