# Accident 20181112017199A: Cessna 172N, Piseco, NY, November 12, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2018, 12:57 local time
- Place: Piseco, NY
- Airport: Piseco
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4533° N, 74.5150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4533&lon=-74.5150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738VK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738VK-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,534 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181112017199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^25 BERKSHIRE DRIVE, CLIFTON PARK, NY^, WAS THE SOUL OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND AFTER LANDING ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. PILOT CLAIMS THAT LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUCK SNOW BANK DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT.  HE CONTINUED TO CLIMB BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT HIT TOP OF LARGE PINE TREE WHILE IN FLIGHT, THEN SLID TO THE GROUND RESTING ON ITS NOSE AGAINST THE TREE.  PILOT REMEMBERS PULLING UP, ATTEMPTING TO STALL AIRCRAFT INTO THE TREES JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. PILOT TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR HEAD LACERATION, RELEASED THE SAME DAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA19CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA058), Nov 12, 2018: Cessna 172 (N738VK), Piseco, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in impact with a snow pile and necessitated a go-around, during which the airplane impacted trees.

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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