NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA93LA111
Registry · N51202
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172P
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19801007
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A66B50
Registrant of record
WOLTER DAVID
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND DRIFT WHILE LANDING, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT GOING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDING WITH A POND.
Factual narrative
THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST JUST AS HE WAS INITIATING HIS LANDING FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN TO THE RIGHT AND HE DID NOT PLACE THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO CORRECT FOR THIS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH A POND AND NOSED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED IN THE POND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1993_MIA93LA111.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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