Cessna 172M accident near Fayetteville, WV
On June 20, 1999, a Cessna 172M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fayetteville, WV. 3 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 20, 1999
- Place
- Fayetteville, WV
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 3 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.050°N, 81.101°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19102
NTSB summary
On June 20, 1999, about 1420 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N20952, was substantially damaged while landing at the Fayette Airport (I89), Fayetteville, West Virginia. The certificated commercial pilot and two passengers were seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local sightseeing flight conducted under 14 CFR Part91. The airplane was landing on runway 21, a 2,010-foot long, 20-foot wide, asphalt runway. According to the pilot, when the airplane was about 20 feet above the runway, "a gust of wind picked the airplane up" and the airplane's altitude increased 70 feet, "in a matter of seconds." He further stated: "I was still in a landing configuration and when I realized that I [would] run out of runway, I applied power to go around. A windshear gust dropped the plane down about 50 feet and the plane was unable to clear the tree tops...." In a written statement, the passenger seated in the rear seat said: "Everything seemed alright as far as the flight. As we came down for landing, it seemed like the wind picked up and we missed the landing strip. We landed on the right of the runway. It was real bumpy and it seemed like we were trying to pick back up and takeoff and the right wing clipped a tree and the plane flipped over..." A witness at the airport stated: "...Everything looked fine at first. Then suddenly the plane began to tilt back and forth from left to right just above the runway. Then the airplane touched down three times, but each time it sort of bounced back up. On the third bounce the plane to
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
