ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365857
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Date: | Thursday 13 December 1990 |
Time: | 08:50 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172M |
Owner/operator: | Austin Aeroflight, Inc. |
Registration: | N1489U |
MSN: | 17267156 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Austin, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | (KAUM) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ON INITIAL CLIMB FROM RUNWAY 36, THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 310 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED A SNOWBANK. THE 20 HOUR STUDENT PILOT STATED, '...IT FELT LIKE A LARGE BLAST OF WIND PUSHED ME SIDEWAYS AND I TIPPED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (STUDENT)'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY EVALUATE AND COMPENSATE FOR GUSTY WIND CONDIITONS AND TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING INITIAL CLIMB. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND WIND GUSTS.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI91LA057 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA057
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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