Cessna 172M N9591H

Summary

On 31 March 1983 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N9591H was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 1983 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Schlemeyer (E02)

Coordinates

31.9291, -102.3602

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N9591H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Big Spring → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA174

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

REPORTEDLY, BEFORE LANDING, FLT SERVICE ADVISED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 220 DEG. WHILE ON AN APCH TO RWY 20, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE BUFFETING. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN IN A X-WIND CONDITION, THE ACFT ROLLED APRX 300 FT, THEN ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND & DRIFTED OFF THE RWY. THE PLT ELECTED TO 'GO WITH THE WIND & USE THE GRASS BESIDE THE RWY TO STOP.' AFTER DECELERATING ON THE GRASS TO APRX 30 MPH, ANOTHER GUST WAS ENCOUNTERED & THE ACFT DRIFTED FURTHER LEFT & HIT A MOUND OF DIRT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT REPORTED THE WIND WAS FROM 270 DEG AT 20, GUSTING 30 KTS. APRX 9 MI WEST SOUTHWEST AT THE MIDLAND REGIONAL ARPT, THE 1552 CST WIND WAS FROM 250 DEG AT 24, GUSTING 33 KTS. REPORTEDLY, THE PLT COULD HAVE LANDED ON A MORE FAVORABLE RWY (RWY 29).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.