# Accident 20040213001849A: Cessna 172M, West Dover, VT, February 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2004, 20:40 local time
- Place: West Dover, VT
- Airport: Mount Snow Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9272° N, 72.8656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9272&lon=-72.8656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8880V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8880V-2008-01-16) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 78 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040213001849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER CONTACTING BRIDGEPORT AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION FOR A WEATHER BRIEFING, PILOT OF N8880V, DEPARTED HARTFORD/BRAINARD (HFD) AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 PM ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2004, FOR THE WEST DOVER, VT, MT. SNOW AIRPORT (4V8), WHILE ENROUTE TO MT. SNOW THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM BOSTON ARTCC (ZBW), APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE MT. SNOW AIRPORT THE PILOT ADVISED THAT HE HAD THE MT. SNOW AIRPORT IN SIGHT AND CANCELLED FLIGHT FOLLOWING. PILOT STATED THAT WHILE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 19 HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MINOR TURBULENCE, WHICH INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WHILE TURNING BASE. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE LEFT A NOTICEABLE SOLID SKID MARK ABOUT 142 FEET IN LENGTH AND APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET FROM THE EAST EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE LEFT SKIPPING TIRE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY VARYING IN LENGTH OF 16 TO 18 FEET, AFTER DEPARTING THE PAVEMENT AND THE END OF RUNWAY 19, THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET IN A PLOWED AREA THAT HAD A DIRT BASE, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS THEN WENT INTO UNPLOWED SNOW OF APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT IN DEPTH AND TRAVELED ANOTHER 60 FEET (APPROXIMATELY), THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 NYC04CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA072), Feb 14, 2004: Cessna 172 (N8880V), West Dover, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and his failure to perform a go-around. Factors were wind gusts and the pilot's lack of flight experience.

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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