Plane Crash List

Cessna 172M N6721H

16 June 1985 · Healdsburg, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 16 June 1985 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N6721H, operated by Louise . Peters, was involved in an accident near Healdsburg, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Healdsburg, California, United States
Nearest airport
Healdsburg Municipal (031)
Coordinates
38.6303, -122.8910
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N6721H
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Louise . Peters
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Hawthorne → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX85LA277

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 2 0

Probable cause

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 PLT STATED HIS APCH WAS NORMAL BUT WHEN REACHING THE RWY THRESHOLD, THE DESCENT SEEMED TO STOP. THERE WAS A REPORTEDHEADWIND OF 30 KTS. HE THEN APPLIED FULL FLAPS. SECONDS LAT ER LIFT WAS LOST AND THE PLT APPLIED FULL PWR FOR A GO AROUND. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED. THE PLT STATED A GUST OF X-WIND CAUGHT THE ACFT AND IT WINDMILLED OFF THE RUNWAY, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A GULLY WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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