# Accident 20010612014699A: Cessna 172M, Bennetsville, SC, June 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2001, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bennetsville, SC
- Airport: Stanton'S Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7339° N, 79.6664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7339&lon=-79.6664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12483, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12483) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 476 total, 128 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010612014699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A GRASS STIP WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A FOUR FEET EMBANKMENT DAMAGING THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR AND FUSELAGE. (.19) ON JUNE 12, 2001, ABOUT 1055 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N12483, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, SLID OFF AN EMBANKMENT AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP NEAR BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1000.  THE PILOT STATED THAT LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 WAS NORMAL. TOUCHDOWN WAS IN THE FIRST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY. HE SLOWED NORMALLY AND THEN DID A FAST TAXI TO GET TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY. AS HE APPROACHED THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND THE AIRPLANE SLID SIDEWAYS, LEFT SIDE FIRST, OVER AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A DITCH BETWEEN THE EMBANKMENT AND A ROAD.                      (.4) ON JUNE 12, 2001, ABOUT 1045 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N12483, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, SLID OFF AN EMBANKMENT AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP NEAR BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1000. THE PILOT STATED THAT LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 WAS NORMAL. TOUCHDOWN WAS IN THE FIRST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY. HE SLOWED NORMALLY AND THEN DID A FAST TAXI TO GET TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY. AS HE APPROACHED THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN THE TURN INTO THE PARKING AREA, A QUARTERING GUST OF WIND FROM THE BACK RIGHT CAUSED THE TAIL TO BE PUSHED TO HIS LEFT AND THE RIGHT WING TO BE RAISED. THE AIRPLANE SLID AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

## 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 MIA01LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA161), Jun 12, 2001: Cessna 172M (N12483), Bennettsville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper correction for wind conditions and his failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in the airplane sliding off an embankment during taxi from landing.

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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