# Accident 20140730012239A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Winchester, VA, July 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2014, 19:00 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 39.1436° N, 78.1444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1436&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6004U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6004U-2019-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140730012239A

## Narrative

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

ON 30 JULY, 2014, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND UPWIND ON RUNWAY 32 AT WINCHESTER AIRPORT, A CESSNA 162 (N6004U) BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY, SO A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED.  ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE, SO A SECOND GO AROUND WAS INITIATED.  AFTER THE SECOND GO AROUND WAS INITIATED, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING DIPPED AND STRUCK THE TAXIWAY, SPUN APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE APRON APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES FROM THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE NTSB, FAA, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER.

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING AN INSPECTION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE ON 31 JULY, 2014, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF, THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER WAS SHREDDED, AND THE LEFT WING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.  ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE MARKS IN THE TAXIWAY AND APRON FROM THE IMPACT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRPORT STAFF PROVIDED THEIR ACCIDENT REPORT AND AIRPORT INFORMATION, A WITNESS STATEMENT, AND A VIRGINIA STATE POLICE REPORT.

## 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 ERA14CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA367), Jul 30, 2014: Cessna 162 (N6004U), Winchester, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an aborted landing.

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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