# Incident 19970904030209I: Cessna 172H, Moneta, VA, September 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1997, 16:10 local time
- Place: Moneta, VA
- Airport: Smith Mountain Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1077° N, 79.5925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (W91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1077&lon=-79.5925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2698L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2698L-2000-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 76 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970904030209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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