Accident · 2000-09-26

NTSB case CHI00LA309 · Cessna 172P · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2000-09-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 172P (N98629)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: American Flyers Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN FLYERS

Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind that resulted in the failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind, the ditch, the student's lack of experience, and the poor in-flight planning decision to land on a runway with a direct crosswind.

Source: NTSB case CHI00LA309

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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