# Incident 20040828027029I: Cessna 172M, Eagles Mere, PA, August 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2004, 10:00 local time
- Place: Eagles Mere, PA
- Airport: Merritt Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4209° N, 76.5344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT FLD (4PN7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4209&lon=-76.5344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12343, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12343) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,240 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828027029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT ON A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY 24 AT MERRITT FIELD. WHEN THE PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY (AS THE RUNWAY HAS AN APPRECIABLE UPSLOPE ON RUNWAY 24) AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE IN GROUND EFFECTS, BUT WOULD NOT CLIMB ANY HIGHER. THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT HE HAD NOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS. HE DID SO AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK DOWN TOWARDS THE GROUND AFTER FLYING PAST THE END OF RUNWAY 24. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK A LARGE BOULDER OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE CLEARWAY AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED THE SLOPE OF THE CLEARWAY WHICH ANGLES DOWNHILL TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING INTO THE WOODED AREA BEYOND THE CLEARWAY BY ATTEMPTING A CONTROLLED GROUND LOOP TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT. IN DOING SO, THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS AT A 45 DEGREE NOSE LEFT ANGLE TO THE ACTUAL PATH OF TRAVEL. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK A TREE AT THAT ANGLE AND THEN SPUN ABOUT A TREE COMING TO REST IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

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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