ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299217
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| Date: | Sunday 19 March 2000 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6261E |
| MSN: | 46361 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5158 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NEW BRIGHTON, Pennsylvania -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (P234) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was making an approach towards the east, to an east-west, 1,500-foot grass airstrip. The airstrip was located in an area of rolling hills and valleys. The approach was flown over a valley, with the final segment flown over an up-slope of a hill. The runway threshold was on top of that hill. On short final, the airplane encountered windshear. The pilot added full power and pitched nose-up to initiate a go-around. However, the airplane descended rapidly, hit treetops, then 'mushed' into the ground about 20 feet short of the runway. Winds, recorded about 5 nautical miles away, were from 120 degrees true, at 16, gusting to 30 knots. The seven previous hourly observations included winds at 18 to 20 knots, with six of those having gusts at or above 30 knots. The pilot had about 9,000 hours of flight time, and was a captain for a major air cargo carrier.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty wind conditions. A factor was the windshear encountered on final approach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC00LA095
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 January 1998 | N6261E | Private | 0 | Valkaria, FL | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 03:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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