# Accident 20041124035489A: Cessna 172E, Rupert, WV, November 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2004
- Place: Rupert, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9648° N, 80.6868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rupert, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9648&lon=-80.6868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3750S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3750S-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041124035489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE OAT WAS INDICATED IN THE AIRCRAFT AS 35 DEGREES FARENHEIT. THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE WAS REPORTED TO BE 4500 FEET. A LIGHT MIST WAS ENCOUNTERED BY THE PILOT APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 20 MINUTES NORTH OF KROA. THIS MIST WAS REPORTED TO THE PILOT DURING THE PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT NEAR RUPERT, WEST VIRGINIA THE ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE FULL POWER AND WAS MISSING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TURNED ON THE CARBURETOR HEAT BECAUSE HE SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICE DUE TO THE OAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER NO NOTICABLE CHANGE TO ENGINE PERFORMANCE HE DECIDED TO FIND A SUITABLE LANDING SPOT RATHER THAN RISK NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND ONE ENROUTE TO SUMMERSVILLE OR LEWISBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. ONCE A SUITABLE LANDING AREA WAS SPOTTED, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. ON LANDING, THE PILOT SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A BULLDOZER, IN DOING SO THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE WET DIRT ROAD AND OFF OF AN EMBANKMENT STRIKING SOME TREES WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.