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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172B · Bruington, VA · June 20, 2018

Date
June 20, 2018 · 12:30 local
Place
Bruington, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8090X
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA369
Reported as
Cessna 172B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,235 total350 in this make and model231 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.

According to the pilot, after performing an emergency landing on an unapproved field, he attempted to depart from that field after receiving fuel (automobile gasoline) for his aircraft. After the aircraft was airborne and the pilot realizing the aircraft would not meet the required performance due to high density altitude, the pilot aborted the takeoff. Upon landing, the nose gear became lodged in the ground causing the aircraft to flip over resulting in damage to the wings, propeller, landing gear, and vertical stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON AN UNAPPROVED FIELD, HE ATTEMPTED TO DEPART FROM THAT FIELD AFTER RECEIVING FUEL (AUTOMOBILE GASOLINE) FOR HIS AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE AND THE PILOT REALIZING THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE DUE TO HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR BECAME LODGED IN THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR, AND VERTICAL STABILIZER.

NTSB investigation

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