Accident · 2002-02-22

NTSB case LAX02LA092 · Cessna 172S · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2002-02-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Cessna 172S (N327ME)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Channel Islands Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Channel Islands Aviation, Inc.

Probable cause

The pilot's selection of the wrong landing runway due to his failure to correctly interpret wind indicators, which resulted in his landing with a tailwind.

Source: NTSB case LAX02LA092

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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