- Date
- February 26, 1983, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mountville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12067Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830226005339A
- Case key
- 35030
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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 acft collided with a power line and a tree before crashing to the ground during a go-around attemp. The acft had been crabbing in a cross-wind for a landing and drifting off to the right of the rwy. The pilot applied power for a go around but never retracted the flaps from the full down position. The acft barely avoided a hanger before hitting the power line and then the tree. The tree almost tore a wing off and the acft descended to hit the ground nose first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12067
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261796
- Airframe hours
- 2,850
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Manor Aviation
- Registered owner
- Peter C. Alechil
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1982 · 214 hours before
- Airport
- 89N · Central Manor, runway 9, 2,340 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.