ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177616
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 2004 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna T182T |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5341G |
| MSN: | T18208195 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AK1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paulden, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Paulden, AZ |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane touched down hard while landing at a private airstrip. The student pilot stated he flew around his farm and was coming in for landing at his private airstrip. The runway is oriented on a 120-degree magnetic heading. He indicated he had a "slight crosswind," but felt confident he could handle it. He said that during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a "dust devil," which "porpoised the airplane up." The pilot noticed the airspeed drop to zero, so he elected to continue with the landing instead of attempting a go-around at a low airspeed. The airplane impacted the ground damaging the main landing gear, the wings, and the empennage. The closest aviation weather reporting facility, which is approximately 13 miles south of the accident site, reported the wind from 250 degrees at 11 knots with gusts to 16 knots. The student reported having accumulated a total of 60 flight hours, of which approximately 35 hours were in the accident airplane. The pilot reported there were no anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to maintain an adequate airspeed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040709X00937&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2015 12:28 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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