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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Sierra County, CA · May 23, 2013

Date
May 23, 2013 · 10:45 local
Place
Sierra County, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8879V
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR13CA241
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,379 total1,053 in this make and model18 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.

During the landing with full flaps the aircraft touched down to the left of runway center line, rolling bounding and skidding approximately 681 feet down the left side of the runway until hitting a pine tree with the left wing tip spinning the aircraft to the left the nose wheel dug into the soft ground lower the nose rising the tail allowing the propeller to contact the ground damaging it, the right wing tip also hit the ground before the aircraft settling back onto its landing gear. There were no injuries to the sole occupant.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING WITH FULL FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTER LINE, ROLLING BOUNDING AND SKIDDING APPROXIMATELY 681 FEET DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY UNTIL HITTING A PINE TREE WITH THE LEFT WING TIP SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE SOFT GROUND LOWER THE NOSE RISING THE TAIL ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND DAMAGING IT, THE RIGHT WING TIP ALSO HIT THE GROUND BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT SETTLING BACK ONTO ITS LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

NTSB investigation

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