# Accident 19990112017279A: Cessna 172, Centre, AL, January 12, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Centre, AL
- Airport: Headquarters Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1501° N, 85.6691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1501&lon=-85.6691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6700A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6700A-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 116 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990112017279A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON JANUARY 12, 1999, AT 1300 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N6700A, NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP IN CENTRE, ALABAMA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED GADSDEN, ALABAMA, AT 1230. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THERE WERE POWER LINES ON THE NORTH END OF THE 2,000 FOOT RUNWAY SO HE ELECTED TO MAKE A DOWNWIND LANDING TO THE NORTH TO MISS THE LINES. ACCORDING TO THE FAA THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT FOUND THAT THE WINDS WERE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED AND THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT STOP ON THE WET GRASS. THE AIRPLANE SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSING A DITCH AND HIGHWAY 411, NOSING OVER IN A DITCH ON THE OTHER-SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDED THE PROPELLER, WING STRUT, WING SPARS, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL99LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA041), Jan 12, 1999: Cessna 172 (N6700A), Centre, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors were the tailwind weather condition, and the wet sod runway.

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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