# Accident 20020422009189A: Cessna 172H, Ehrhardt, SC, April 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ehrhardt, SC
- Airport: Broxton Bridge Plantation
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0094° N, 81.0479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROXTON BRIDGE PLANTATION (SC55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0094&lon=-81.0479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2815L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2815L-2004-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020422009189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT FROM MONCKS CORNER (50J), SC, TO BROCKSTON BRIDGE PLANTATION, EHRHARDT, SC, WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A NORMAL LEFT DOWNWIND. AT TURNING FINAL, THE AIRSPEED WAS 70 MPH. WHEN PASSING OVER THE LANDING THRESHOLD, THE AIRSPEED INCREASED TO 80 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SKID AND SKIDDED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING THE TREES, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE TWO MINOR INJURIES. (.19) ON APRIL 21, 2002, ABOUT 0900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172H, N2815L, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, STRUCK TREES AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT NEAR ALLENDALE, SOUTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT, AND TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE MONCKS CORNER, SOUTH CAROLINA, ABOUT 1755. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE MADE A TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL, AND WAS CLOSER TO THE RUNWAY THAN HE WANTED TO BE. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON A WET GRASS RUNWAY, AND WHEN HE APP             LIED THE BRAKES THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED, AND CAME TO REST BETWEEN TWO TREES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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