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Cessna Skyhawk (N73516)
An experienced and highly capable pilot was at the controls of this Cessna as it was landing at Harris Ranch Airport (3O8). There was a rather sporadic crosswind blowing across Runway 32 as N73516 made its s/final approach. It had crossed over the numbers and was not very many feet over the runway when an extremely strong crosswind blast twisted it into an unstable left-wing-high angle and also pushed it out of alignment with the runway. It looked like the plane was about to be forced down into the ground off the east edge of the runway but the pilot put the throttle to the firewall and lifted away into the "go-around" seen here. It was a smoothly executed recovery from what had appeared to be an unavoidable off-runway impact.
The Cessna landed without incident on the second try.
Comments
That portion of I-5 is known for having extreme crosswinds and there are highway signs posted along I-5 warning of such winds.
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Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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17-Oct-2025 | C172 | Half Moon Bay (KHAF) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 06:14PM PDT | 07:03PM PDT | 0:48 |
17-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Half Moon Bay (KHAF) | 05:16PM PDT | 05:42PM PDT | 0:25 |
17-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 01:31PM PDT | 02:46PM PDT | 1:15 |
17-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 11:41AM PDT | 12:55PM PDT | 1:14 |
16-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 11:29AM PDT | 12:35PM PDT | 1:06 |
12-Oct-2025 | C172 | So California Logistics (KVCV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 04:16PM PDT | 07:02PM PDT | 2:46 |
12-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | So California Logistics (KVCV) | 10:20AM PDT | 01:02PM PDT | 2:41 |
11-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 06:24PM PDT | 06:31PM PDT | 0:07 |
11-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 06:08PM PDT | 06:14PM PDT | 0:06 |
11-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 05:45PM PDT | 06:05PM PDT | 0:20 |
11-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 05:36PM PDT | 05:40PM PDT | 0:03 |
11-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 05:29PM PDT | 05:33PM PDT | 0:03 |
11-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 12:25PM PDT | 12:51PM PDT | 0:26 |
10-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 05:17PM PDT | 06:41PM PDT | 1:24 |
08-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 05:54PM PDT | 06:50PM PDT | 0:56 |
07-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 09:43AM PDT | 10:31AM PDT | 0:48 |
05-Oct-2025 | C172 | Columbia (O22) | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | 03:54PM PDT | 04:50PM PDT | 0:56 |
05-Oct-2025 | C172 | Santa Clara County (KRHV) | Columbia (O22) | 11:10AM PDT | 01:23PM PDT | 2:12 |
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