# Accident 20000902039249A: Cessna 172B, Halfmoon, NY, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 18:19 local time
- Place: Halfmoon, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8192° N, 73.6994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8192&lon=-73.6994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8019X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8019X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902039249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN DEPARTED 1F2 ENROUTE TO HIS PRIVATE AIRPORT INM SOUTH OF W57. HIS PREFLIGHT PLANNING DID NOT INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF WEATHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN HIS PERSONAL OBSERVATION. AS HE CIRCLED HIS AIRFIELD FOR A LANDING TO THE EAST, THE RAIN BECAME HEAVY. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE CESSNA TO CLIMB. HE DESCENDED TOWARD THE 2100' WET GRASS RUNWAY ONLY TO BE LIFTED AGAIN BY ANOTHER GUST. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. HE DECIDED TO NAVIGATE UNDER A SET OF WIRES WHICH ARE ADJACENT AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE EAST END OF HIS RUNWAY. DURING THIS MANUEVER HIS RIGHT WING IMPACTED A TREE. THE A/C TURNED 180 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE LOW, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. HE SUFFERED MINOR INJURY TO HIS HEAD. THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED VIA DAMAGE TO: LEADING EDGE OF RIGHT WING, RIGHT WING ATTACHMENT TO FUSELAGE, ENGINE MOUNT BENT SIGNIFICANTLY UPWARD, ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE, LEFT WING TIP SMASHED, LEFT ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BENT.

## 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 IAD00LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA080), Sep 2, 2000: Cessna 172B (N8019X), Halfmoon, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and his continued flight into, and attempted landing during a thunderstorm. A factor was the thunderstorm.

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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