ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298669
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| Date: | Sunday 16 July 2000 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172H |
| Owner/operator: | Roy .d Grimm |
| Registration: | N1748F |
| MSN: | 17255143 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6719 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | RAINELLE, West Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAVENSWOOD , WV (I18 |
| (9W4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the airplane was landing on an upward sloping turf runway, the pilot selected full flaps, and airplane started to sink. Power was added to compensate; however, the nose wheel impacted the slope and separated from the fuselage. The airplane bounced back into the air, continued down the runway, and touched down again. The nose section of the airplane dug into the turf before the airplane slid to a stop. According to a passenger, the airplane was coming over the 'last mountain,' when he felt the plane drop. The pilot then attempted to pull up, but was unable to, and the plane hit the ground and bounced. A second passenger, who was seated in the aft right seat of the airplane, stated, 'it felt like the plane lost lift and hit hard on the landing gear.' The pilot stated that it was his first landing at the airport.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper decent rate. A factor was the up-sloping runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC00LA202
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 2003 | N1748F | Ray Douglas | 0 | Somerville, Tennessee | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 21:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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