# NTSB Accident LAX03LA186
> **Cessna 172S** · 2003-06-08 · PRESCOTT, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX03LA186
- **Event ID:** 20030612X00860
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-06-08
- **Location:** PRESCOTT, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.654445, -112.419441
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N519ER
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control.  Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight in allowing the student to perform a solo flight with a strong, gusting crosswind near the factory demonstrated crosswind component limit.  Factors to the accident were the gusty crosswind conditions, and a lack of flight school standards pertaining to student pilot supervised solo flights in challenging weather conditions.

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