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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Moneta, VA · September 4, 1997

Date: September 4, 1997 · 16:10 local
Place: Moneta, VA
Airport: Smith Mountain Lake Airport
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2698L
Reported as: Cessna 172H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 320 total76 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N2698LRegistration cancelled Dec 6, 2000 · Cessna 172HS/N 17255898 Airframe modelCessna 172H

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on September 4, 1997, a Cessna 172-H, N2698L, was on final approach to runway O5 at W91, when the wind changed direction 180 degree, and the aircraft was hit with a strong cross wind and pushed the aircraft off the approach path. The pilot attempted to clear trees by adding power and was unsuccessful. The aircraft struck several tree tops and came to rest lodged approximately 40 feet off the ground. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1997, A CESSNA 172-H, N2698L, WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY O5 AT W91, WHEN THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTION 180 DEGREE, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT WITH A STRONG CROSS WIND AND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE APPROACH PATH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR TREES BY ADDING POWER AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL TREE TOPS AND CAME TO REST LODGED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET OFF THE GROUND. INCIDENT CLOSED.