- Date
- June 8, 2000, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davis, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4422QCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000608010539A
- Case key
- 49416
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind. The crosswind was a contributing factor.
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 pilot set up for no wind short field landing, and about 3 feet above ground the flight encountered a right cross wind. The pilot said he, "...was too slow to recover, applied power for go around, but was too close to clear trees. The pilot did not report the accident until June 12, 2000, 4 days after it had occurred.
Factual narrative
On June 8, 2000, about 1130 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N4422Q, owned by a private individual impacted with tress at a private airstrip near Davis, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 local personal flight. The airplane received substantial damage. The private-rated pilot reported no injuries. The flight departed from Davis, at 0945.
According to the pilot, "...[he] set up for no wind short field [landing], approximately 3 foot above ground [the airplane] was affected by a right cross wind, but was too slow to recover, applied power for go around, but was too close to clear trees." The pilot did not report the accident until June 12, 2000, 4 days after it had occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4422Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261703
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David P. Ivester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1999 · 135 hours before
- Airport
- OBF · Outback Field, runway 7, 1,100 × 50 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 506 total · 300 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.