ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133775
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Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1998 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Cessna 182M Skylane |
Owner/operator: | Alex Majesky |
Registration: | N71763 |
MSN: | 18259744 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mount Pleasant, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | 2G9 |
Destination airport: | P45 |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On January 14, 1998, at 1530 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182M, N71763, was destroyed when it collided with trees during an aborted landing at the Mount Pleasant Airport, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, and originated at Somerset, Pennsylvania.
According to the pilot, he touched down long on runway 24. He aborted the landing, and the airplane stalled over 50 foot high trees, 300 feet beyond the departure end of the runway.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector, the airplane touched down 2/3 down the 2,295 foot long, turf runway. The runway was covered with snow about 1/2 inch deep. The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 8 knots.
According to the FAA, the pilot reported over 1,100 hours of flight experience in make and model. Examination of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of mechanical malfunction with the airplane or engine.
PROBABLE CAUSE:The pilot's failure to initiate a go-around, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001211X09453
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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