# Accident 19990806011069A: Cessna 182P, Dorrance, PA, August 6, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 6, 1999, 11:46 local time - Place: Dorrance, PA - Airport: Private - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.1608° N, 75.9000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1608&lon=-75.9000&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4352P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4352P-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P - Reported engine: CONT O470S - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 158 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA194) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990806011069A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT HIT HIGH TENSION WIRE, IMPACTED GROUND, ONE PERSON THROWN FROM ACFT, 2 POB UNKN INJURIES AT THIS TIME. (.19) ON AUGUST 6, 1999, ABOUT 1146 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N4352P, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IMPACTING WIRES, WHILE PERFORMING A GO-AROUND FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR DORRANCE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT THE WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY AIRPORT, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING AN APPROACH TO AN APPROXIMATELY 1,800 FOOT LONG AIRSTRIP HE CONSTRUCTED, HEADING NORTHWEST. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN LONG, AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A GUY WIRE THAT SPANNED ABOUT 45 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE GUY WIRE, WHICH REMAINED CAUGHT WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND ATTACHED TO TWO TELEPHONE POLES, SLOWED THE AIRPLANE, NOSING IT OVER. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT, IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. EXAMINATION OF TH E WRECKAGE BY THE FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT FAILURES WITH THE AIRPLANE, NOR DID THE PILOT REPORT ANY. THE WEATHER REPORTED BY AN AIRPORT LOCATED 7 MILES TO THE NORTH, AT 1154 WAS, WINDS VARIABLE AT 4 KNOTS, AND A TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. (-23) MR. HAYDT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. HE SAID HE ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS ON FINAL AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. ON THE GO-AROUND HIS LANDING GEAR CONTACTED HIGH TENSION WIRES AT THE DEPARTURE END CAUSING HIS AIRCRAFT TO CRASH IN AN ADJACENT FIELD. MR. HAYDT AND HIS SON-IN-LAW (PASSENGER) RECEIVED MINOR CUTS. (.4) THE PILOT PERFORMED AN APPROACH TO AN APPROXIMATELY 1,700 FOOT LONG AIRSTRIP HE CONSTRUCTED ON A 30-DEGREE UP-SLOPE, HEADING NORTHWEST. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN LONG, AND THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED, THE PILOT HAD JUST BEGAN TO RETRACT THE WING FLAPS, WHEN A GUST OF WIND MADE THE AIRPLANE START TO SINK. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN STRUCK A GUY WIRE THAT SPANNED ABOUT 45 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE GUY WIRE, WHICH REMAINED CAUGHT WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND ATTACHED TO TWO TELEPHONE POLES THAT ALSO HELD POWER-LINES, SLOWED THE AIRPLANE, NOSING IT OVER. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS RUNNING FINE, AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE POWER LINES MOVED AWAY FROM THE AIRSTRIP WERE MADE, BUT RECEIVED RESISTANCE FROM NEARBY NEIGHBORS. ## 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 NYC99LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA194), Aug 6, 1999: Cessna 182P (N4352P), Dorrance, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude, and his failure to do a go-around. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.