# NTSB MIA00LA187: Cessna 172M, N4422Q, Davis, NC, June 8, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 2000, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Davis, NC
- Coordinates: 34.790596, -76.470603 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7906&lon=-76.4706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 30, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49416
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49416/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA187

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind.  The crosswind was a contributing factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4422Q-2001-05-04), registration cancelled 2001-05-04, S/N 17261703 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17261703
- Airframe hours: 4200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000608010539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608010539A), Jun 8, 2000: Cessna 172M, Davis, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing in a crosswind and lost directional control. Aircraft went into trees on the edge of the runway. (.4)on June 8, 2000, about 1130…

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.

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