Accident Cessna 172M N12606, Saturday 12 January 2008

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Date:	Saturday 12 January 2008
Time:	15:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 172M
Owner/operator:	Marquardt Farms, Inc.
Registration:	N12606
MSN:	17262108
Year of manufacture:	1973
Total airframe hrs:	5828 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-E1D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pine Bluffs, Wyoming - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Pine Bluffs, WY (82V)
Destination airport:	Pine Bluffs, WY (82V`)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot had been practicing touch-and-go landings when "a very large gust of wind blew [him] completely out of control to the point of approaching airborne." The airplane went off the side of the runway and struck a snow bank, resulting in substantial damage.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing factors in this accident were the unfavorable wind and the snow bank.

Accident investigation: