# Accident 20110118001219A: Cessna 172S, Myrtle Beach, SC, January 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2011, 13:04 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7972° N, 78.7489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7972&lon=-78.7489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2100V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2100V-2011-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 388 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110118001219A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE, A TRAVEL TRAILER, AND A PICKUP TRUCK DURING A MISSED APPROACH AT GRAND STRAND AIRPORT (CRE), NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.  ONE OCCUPANT OF THE TRAILER AND THE PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THERE WERE TWO BYSTANDERS.  ONE BYSTANDER RECIEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND ONE RECIEVED MINOR INJURIES.  THIS OCCURED IN AN RV PARK LOCATED 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRE.

## 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 ERA11FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA118), Jan 18, 2011: Cessna 172S (N2100V), North Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during a missed approach due to spatial disorientation.

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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