ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363366
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1992 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172G |
| Owner/operator: | Fallon Airmotive |
| Registration: | N4417L |
| MSN: | 17254504 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2513 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tonopah, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cedar City, UT (KCDC) |
| Fallon, NV (KFLX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE PLANNED TO LAND IN A FARM FIELD TO SURVEY SOME FARM LAND PRIOR TO BIDDING ON A GRAIN HARVESTING JOB. HE STATED THAT AFTER ARRIVING IN THE AREA HE OVERFLEW THE FIELD SELECTED FOR THE LANDING SEVERAL TIMES LOOKING FOR OBSTRUCTIONS AND SOME WAY TO IDENTIFY THE WIND DIRECTION. IN HIS STATEMENT HE INDICATED THAT HE FOUND NO MEANS TO IDENTIFY THE WIND DIRECTION OR SPEED AND ESTIMATED IT TO BE CALM OR NEARLY SO. DURING THE FINAL APPROACH TO THE FIELD THE PILOT SAID HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH AND HAD AN APPARENT FAST GROUND SPEED, HOWEVER, HE ELECTED NOT TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT STOP PRIOR TO THE END OF THE FIELD AND IT COLLIDED WITH A POWER POLE AND ROUGH TERRAIN. THE PILOT SAID THAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT HE NOTICED THAT HE HAD LANDED WITH A TAILWIND HE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ADEQUATELY IDENTIFY AND COMPENSATE FOR THE EXISTING TAILWIND CONDITIONS, AND, HIS FAILURE TO INITIATE A GO AROUND WHEN HE BECAME AWARE OF BEING HIGH WITH A FAST GROUND SPEED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX92LA286
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1991 | N4417L | Private | 0 | Reno, NV | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 16:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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