- Date
- January 14, 1998, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Pleasant, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N71763Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980114000329A
- Case key
- 28274
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to initiate a go-around, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed.
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 airplane touched down two-thirds of the way down the runway, which was covered with a half-inch of snow. The runway is 2,295 feet long. The pilot aborted the landing, and the airplane stalled over 50 foot high trees, about 300 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 8 knots. Examination of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of mechanical malfunction with the airplane or engine.
Factual narrative
On January 14, 1998, at 1530 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182M, N71763, was destroyed when it collided with trees during an aborted landing at the Mount Pleasant Airport, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, and originated at Somerset, Pennsylvania.
According to the pilot, he touched down long on runway 24. He aborted the landing, and the airplane stalled over 50 foot high trees, 300 feet beyond the departure end of the runway.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector, the airplane touched down 2/3 down the 2,295 foot long, turf runway. The runway was covered with snow about 1/2 inch deep. The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 8 knots.
According to the FAA, the pilot reported over 1,100 hours of flight experience in make and model. Examination of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of mechanical malfunction with the airplane or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71763
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259744
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alex Majesky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1997
- Departed
- 2G9 · Somerset Co, PA
- Destination
- P45
- Airport
- P45 · Mount Pleasant, runway 24, 2,295 × 158 ft, grass/turf
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 1,100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBE, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.