Cessna 182M N71763

Summary

On 14 January 1998 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 182M registered N71763 was involved in an accident near Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 January 1998 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Mount Pleasant (P45)

Coordinates

40.1499, -79.5405

Aircraft

Cessna 182M

Registration

N71763

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Somerset Co → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD98LA022

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to initiate a go-around, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane touched down two-thirds of the way down the runway, which was covered with a half-inch of snow. The runway is 2,295 feet long. The pilot aborted the landing, and the airplane stalled over 50 foot high trees, about 300 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 8 knots. Examination of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of mechanical malfunction with the airplane or engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.