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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Davis, WV · April 26, 2013

Date
April 26, 2013 · 12:40 local
Place
Davis, WV
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N96178
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA218
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
3
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
123 total115 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acccording to the pilot, he touched down the aircraft approximately halfway down the runway (the runway is 3000 ft) and decided to perform a go around because he felt he didn't have enough distance to stop the aircraft (there are trees at the end of the runway). According to an eyewitness, the pilot landed long on runway 06 and took off again for a go around approximately 600 feet from departure end of runway. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude and airspeed on climbout and crashed into a grove of trees approximately 1/4 mile from the runway. The weather was VMC and the winds were gusting from the sse (eyewitness account).

As the FAA filed it

ACCCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY (THE RUNWAY IS 3000 FT) AND DECIDED TO PERFORM A GO AROUND BECAUSE HE FELT HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DISTANCE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT (THERE ARE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY). ACCORDING TO AN EYEWITNESS, THE PILOT LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 06 AND TOOK OFF AGAIN FOR A GO AROUND APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED ON CLIMBOUT AND CRASHED INTO A GROVE OF TREES APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND THE WINDS WERE GUSTING FROM THE SSE (EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT).

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.