ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289510
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| Date: | Sunday 27 February 2011 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N739NY |
| MSN: | 17270685 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5572 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 0-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Welch, West Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Welch, WV (I25) |
| Welch, WV (I25) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The unlicensed pilot was practicing landings with a tailwind in the traffic pattern at a closed airport in an unregistered airplane. The pilot refused to provide a statement, but a witness stated that the airplane was too fast on landing and too slow on climbout after the landing was aborted. The airplane struck trees at the departure end of the runway, and then settled into trees below the elevated runway. A postcrash examination of the wreckage revealed no mechanical deficiencies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The unlicensed pilot's decision to land on a closed runway with a tailwind, his failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his delayed decision to attempt a go-around, resulting in a collision with trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA11LA168
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 14:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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