Crosswind rental limits?

Bob Noel wrote:
In article om,
"nrp" wrote:

A relative is working on a PPL using a Diamond DA20. The FBO has a
policy of no student solos with more than 5 knots crosswind component.
Do other FBOs do this? As a result he is having trouble scheduling his
solo cross countries.

A college buddy of mine might not have had a fatal solo if the FBO had, and
enforced, a crosswind limit.



Although crosswind accidents are not unusual, a fatal accident is rare.
It would be beneficial to learn from this accident. Do you have the
NTSB reference for this?

In article .com,
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote:

A college buddy of mine might not have had a fatal solo if the FBO had, and
enforced, a crosswind limit.

Although crosswind accidents are not unusual, a fatal accident is rare.
It would be beneficial to learn from this accident. Do you have the
NTSB reference for this?

no. I don't even remember the year exactly, some time around 1980.

and, fwiw, I know that the FBO was not the primary cause - the student
touched a snowbank beside the runway and attempted to go around,
stalled, and crashed. But I think it's fair to say that the high crosswind
(and possibly gusty winds) contributed to the accident.

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