ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387337
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 2000 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1447D |
| MSN: | 20030 |
| Engine model: | Continental C-145 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mexia, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Teague, TX (F68) |
| (KLXY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a short 15-minute flight, the student pilot encountered some light turbulence and windy flight conditions. While approaching mid-field at his destination, the 'windsock showed that the wind was blowing from the south.' He set up for a normal full flaps approach to Runway 18, and on final, the wind shifted to north-northeast. Upon touchdown, the airplane veered to the left. Control corrections were not effective, as the aircraft skidded off the runway to the left onto grass, and impacted a dirt mound at a 90-degree angle. The aircraft came to rest heading about 360 degrees. The main landing gears were sheared, the landing gear box was structurally damaged and the fuselage was buckled adjacent to the passenger side doorframe. The nearest full service weather reporting facility, located approximately 36 miles east of the accident site, reported wind from 090 at 13 knots, gusting to 19 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors were the gusty crosswind and the pilot's failure to perform a go-around upon encountering a windshift/crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW00LA249
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 07:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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