# Accident 20000125006909A: Cessna 172N, Lincolnton, GA, January 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2000, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lincolnton, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 33.7891° N, 82.4702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7891&lon=-82.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2469E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2469E-2000-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000125006909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC,^PRIVACY DATA OM^AND THE PASSENGER^PRIVACY DATA O^WERE GOING FOR A PLEASURE RIDE. THE AITCRAFT HAD SNOW AND ICE ON IT'S WINGS AND THE PIC REMOVED MOST OF THE SNOW WITH HIS HANDS.  HE DID NOT REMOVE THE ICE.  HE DID NOT THINK THAT IT WAS ENOUGH ICE TO AFFECT HIS FLIGHT.  HE DEPARTED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB.  HE STATED IT WAS LIKE HE WAS BEHIND THE POWER CURVE.  THEY HIT A GROUP OF TREES AND THE AIRCRAFT PANCAKED IN.  THE RIGHT WING WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED, PROP WAS DEMAGED, THE ENGINE WAS PUSHED UP AND BACK BUT NOT THROUGH THE FIREWALL, THE WINDSHIELD AND REAR WINDOWS WERE OUT, AND ALL THE LANDING GEARS WERE BROKEN OFF.  NEITHER THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED.   THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT WING HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING GOOD POWER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE PROP INDICATED THAT IT WAS PRODUCING POWER.

## 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 MIA00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA074), Jan 25, 2000: Cessna 172N (N2469E), Lincolnton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to remove ice from the wings prior to takeoff resulting in the aircraft not climbing after takeoff and colliding with a tree.

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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