Hayward Air Terminal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hayward, California 94545
Friday, October 3, 1986 13:12 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

A CESSNA 172N LANDED ADJACENT TO RWY 28L. ACCORDING TO THE FAA THE SOLO STUDENT PLT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT FOR A STRONG WIND AND LANDED IN A GRASS AREA SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 360 DEG AT 17 KTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK FOR THE CESSNA 172N STATES, 'THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CROSSWIND VELOCITY IS DEPENDENT UPON PILOT CAPABILITY AS WELL AS AIRCRAFT LIMITATIONS. WITH THE AVERAGE PILOT TECHNIQUE, DIRECT CROSSWINDS OF 15 KNOTS CAN BE HANDLED WITH SAFETY. THE STUDENT PLT INDICATED ON HIS PILOT/OPERATOR ACCIDENT REPORT THAT HE HAD ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 15 HRS FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, 4.1 HRS OF WHICH AS PIC.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/3/1986
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1312
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City HAYWARD
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 94545
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport HAYWARD AIR TERMINAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HWD
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 47
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1319 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID HWD
Elevation of weather observation facility 47
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 17
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 1100
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2145
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 6 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 630
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32702
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:09PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6366D
NTSB Number LAX87LA008
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 172N
Aircraft Series Identifier 172N
Aircraft Serial Number 17272752
Certified Max Gross Weight 2150
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Sep 7 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 25
Airframe Hours 2624
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DAVTRON INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 427 HILLCREST WAY
Aircraft Owner City REDWOOD CITY
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 94062
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SQL
Departure City SAN CARLOS
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1200
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code HWD
Destination City HAYWARD
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 28L
Runway Length 5019
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --