Accident · 1997-07-07
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-07-07
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N (N738ET)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to adequately judge the wind direction and to select the correct runway, which resulted in a downwind landing; and his failure to go around, while there was sufficient runway remaining. The tailwind, fence, and ditch were related factors.
Source: NTSB case LAX97LA237Flight 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.