- Date
- June 12, 2001, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bennettsville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N12483Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010612014699A
- Case key
- 52471
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper correction for wind conditions and his failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in the airplane sliding off an embankment during taxi from landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that after landing he fast taxied to the end of the runway. While turning into the parking area, he encountered a wind gust and the airplane slid over an embankment.
Factual narrative
On June 12, 2001, about 1045 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N12483, registered to an individual, slid off an embankment after landing at a private landing strip near Bennettsville, South Carolina, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the same day, about 1000.
The pilot stated that landing on runway 12 was normal. Touchdown was in the first 200 feet of runway. He slowed normally and then did a fast taxi to get to the opposite end of the runway. As he approached the opposite end of the runway and began the turn into the parking area, a quartering gust of wind from the back right caused the tail to be pushed to his left and the right wing to be raised. The airplane slid at a 45-degree angle over an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12483
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262009
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian M. Meadows
- Registered owner
- Edward A. Rucinski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 2000 · 108 hours before
- Departed
- 3A4 · Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination
- Bennettsville, SC
- Airport
- Stanton's Field, runway 12, 2,400 × 40 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
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- January 21, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 476 total · 128 in this make and model · 443 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- UDG, 22 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.