Cessna 172 M N12334

Summary

On 14 July 1985 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 172 M registered N12334 was involved in an accident near Statesville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 July 1985 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Statesville, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.7790, -80.8799

Aircraft

Cessna 172 M

Registration

N12334

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charlotte → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85LA211

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED REDUCED VISIBILITY & HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING THE AIRSTRIP. HIS 1ST APCH TO LAND WAS HIGH & HE MADE A GO-AROUND. THE PLT LANDED ON HIS 2ND ATTEMPT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE WET GRASS RWY. HE DELAYED ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND UNTIL THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO CLEAR POWER LINES AT THE DEPARTURE END. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT END OF THE RWY & THE LEFT WING HIT A SMALL TREE BEFORE THE ACFT STOPPED. ABOUT 40 MI SOUTH AT CHARLOTTE, NC, THE WX WAS, IN PART: 800 FT BROKEN, VISIBILITY 4 MI WITH FOG, WIND 260 DEG AT 3 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.