Cessna 172 N1543Y
15 August 2018 · Silver City, New Mexico, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 15 August 2018 at about 17:50 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1543Y was involved in an accident near Silver City, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Silver City, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Grant County (SVC)
- Coordinates
- 32.6325, -108.1542
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N1543Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1962
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Silver City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA493
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot reported that, during a solo cross-country flight, while landing in a gusting crosswind, the airplane drifted off the runway to the left and spun 180°. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The automated weather observation station located on the airport reported that, about 5 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 140° at 10 knots. The airplane landed on runway 26.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 2018 | Cessna 172 | Babylon, New York, United States | 30 Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
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| 30 May 2018 | Cessna 172 | Payson, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jan 2018 | Cessna 172F | Williamsport, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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All 12,209 records for this type
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