ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382585
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Date: | Monday 14 February 1983 |
Time: | 19:45 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172RG |
Owner/operator: | Superstition Air Service, Inc. |
Registration: | N9645B |
MSN: | 172RG0094L |
Total airframe hrs: | 677 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wenden, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Mesa, AZ |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A PLOWED AREA OF A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DURING LANDING AND NOSED OVER. THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE BEGAN TO FLARE THE ACFT FOR LANDING TO THE WEST A GUST OF WIND FROM THE NORTH CAUSED THE ACFT TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A PLOWED AREA ADJACENT TO THE AIRSTRIP AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS TO BE FROM THE NORTH AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 25 KTS.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX83LA102 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX83LA102
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Revision history:
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