- Date
- October 4, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Annapolis, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4691GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11235
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt crossed mid-field, and entered a left down wind for rwy 30. He then checked wind direction, completed a base leg, and entered final apch. After reducing his airspeed, the acft 'floated' prior to touching down aprx 600 ft short of mid-fld. The plt decided not to attempt a go-around and immediately applied brakes. He then realized that the acft would collide with an arpt barricade (made of telephone poles) if a left turn was not executed. The plt made a hard left turn, and the acft's right wing contacted the first barricade pole. The acft then pivoted to the right, and collided with the rest of the poles. The acft came to rest between two poles, and the plt and two passengers exited the acft through the windows.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4691G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273317
- Airframe hours
- 1,536
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M & R Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 22, 1985 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- W98 · Chesterfield, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ANP · Lee Airport, runway 30, 2,400 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 139 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 15 nm away
Other investigations on N4691G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.