20000319043719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · New Brighton, PA · March 19, 2000

Date
March 19, 2000 · 15:00 local
Place
New Brighton, PA
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6261E
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC00LA095
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total200 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated that he encountered wind shear on very short final and was unable to maintain a positive climb rate, hit tree tops approximately twenty feet from end of runway 090, and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR ON VERY SHORT FINAL AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE CLIMB RATE, HIT TREE TOPS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY 090, AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N6261E · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.