ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296215
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| Date: | Saturday 8 February 2003 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Twin Oaks Airpark, Inc. |
| Registration: | N734KU |
| MSN: | 17268921 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3763 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McMinnville, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | McMinnville Municipal Airport, OR (KMMV) |
| McMinnville Municipal Airport, OR (KMMV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, who was landing in gusty crosswinds, had already made one landing and was on the landing roll of his second when he encountered crosswinds that lifted the aircraft's left wing in the air. At the same time as the wing was being lifted, the aircraft started drifting toward the right side of the runway. As the pilot attempted to get the wing down using aileron deflection, and tried to get the aircraft heading straight down the runway, it felt to him like the aircraft was going to cartwheel. He therefore decided to let the aircraft go off the side of the runway in the direction it was headed. After departing the runway, the aircraft encountered soft terrain, whereupon the nose gear dug in and the aircraft nosed over. According to the pilot, except for a minor nose wheel shimmy, there did not seem to be any problems with the aircraft's controls.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors include gusty crosswinds and soft terrain in the area where the aircraft departed the side of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA03LA036
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 January 2008 | N734KU | Twin Oaks Airpark, Inc. | 0 | Beaver Marsh, Oregon | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 17:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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