# Accident 20000608010539A: Cessna 172M, Davis, NC, June 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Davis, NC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7906° N, 76.4706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7906&lon=-76.4706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4422Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4422Q-2001-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 506 total, 300 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608010539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING IN A CROSSWIND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT WENT INTO TREES ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. (.4)ON JUNE 8, 2000, ABOUT 1130 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N4422Q, OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL IMPACTED WITH TRESS AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM DAVIS, AT 0945. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, "...[HE] SET UP FOR NO WIND SHORT FIELD [LANDING], APPROXIMATELY 3 FOOT ABOVE GROUND [THE AIRPLANE] WAS AFFECTED BY A RIGHT CROSS WIND, BUT WAS TOO SLOW TO RECOVER, APPLIED POWER FOR GO AROUND, BUT WAS TOO CLOSE TO CLEAR TREES." THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL JUNE 12, 2000, 4 DAYS AFTER IT HAD OCCURRED.

## 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 MIA00LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA187), Jun 8, 2000: Cessna 172M (N4422Q), Davis, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind. The crosswind was a contributing factor.

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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