- Date
- April 13, 2013, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Summersville, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6136FCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130413006329A
- Case key
- 86647
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, the airplane was on a stabilized approach to the runway with right crosswind corrections in place. Upon touchdown, he heard the "tires squealing," and the airplane veered to the left. The pilot applied power to abort the landing, but the airplane ran off the left side of the runway and hit an embankment. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the right wing spar, the right wing flap, and crushing of the engine firewall. Wheel brake continuity was verified and there were no marks on the runway that were consistent with a skidding tire. The pilot did not report any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, the airplane was on a stabilized approach to runway 22 with right crosswind corrections in place. Upon touchdown, he heard a "squealing" noise and then the airplane veered to the left. He applied takeoff power in an attempt take off but the airplane continued left, exited the runway, and hit an embankment. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed substantial damage to the right wing spar, inboard crushing of the right wing flap, and crushing of the engine firewall. Wheel brake continuity was verified by the FAA inspector. The FAA inspector also noted that there was no flat skid mark on the runway that is synonymous with a skidding tire. The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6136F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273154
- Airframe hours
- 5,333
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 2012 · 111 hours before
- Departed
- BKW · Beckley, WV
- Destination
- SXL · Summersville, WV
- Airport
- SXL · Summersville Airport, runway 22, 3,015 × 50 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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,408 total · 3,131 in this make and model · 327 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKW, 28 nm away
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 6, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.