Cessna 172D N2418Y

Summary

On 5 August 1995 at about 00:10 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N2418Y, operated by Morgan T Moore, was involved in an accident near Hague, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 August 1995 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Hague, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Sanford Private (PVT)

Coordinates

38.0703, -76.6503

Aircraft

Cessna 172D

Registration

N2418Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Morgan T Moore

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manassas → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO95LA076

Nobody was injured.

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE CROSSWIND AND THE PROXIMITY OF TALL CORN (CROP) TO THE NARROW RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A GRASS RUNWAY THAT WAS 44 FEET WIDE AND HAD TALL CORN GROWING ON BOTH SIDE. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITH A 7 KNOT CROSSWIND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST, SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE '...YAWS...LEFT BECAUSE [THE] LEFT MAIN IS ON GRASS FIRST.' THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE TALL CORN AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION AND THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE CORN HAD NOT BEEN GROWN SO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.