Cessna 172 N736UH

Summary

On 21 June 1983 at about 03:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N736UH was involved in an accident near Wickenburg, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 June 1983 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wickenburg, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Wickenburg (E25)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N736UH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hesperia → Wickenburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA293

2 people had minor injuries.

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

THE ACFT LEFT THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH WHICH COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR. THEPILOT NOTED DURING FINAL APPROACH THAT THE WINDSOCK DID NOT INDICATE A CROSS-WIND. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITH 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT A GUST OF WIND RAISED THE LEFT WING DURING FLARE AND TOOK ACFT OFF THE RWY. THE REPORTED WIND WAS 210 DEGREES AT 10-15 KTS. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON RWY 23.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.