Cessna 172K N84840

Summary

On 13 June 2002 at about 19:50 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N84840, operated by Huck, Barry P., was involved in an accident near Clarkston, Washington, United States. 2 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

13 June 2002 at 19:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Clarkston, Washington, United States

Coordinates

46.3883, -117.1333

Aircraft

Cessna 172K

Registration

N84840

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Huck, Barry P.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Spokane → Clarkston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA02LA099

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during taxi along the gravel landing site after having landed off the designated runway. A contributing factor was the embankment which the aircraft's left wing impacted during taxi.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he called ahead to get details on the location of the intended landing site and a description of the runway for the privately owned, non-airspaced landing site near Clarkston, Washington. Upon arrival he overflew the landing area in the Cessna 172K and then proceeded to land the aircraft on a gravel driveway. The pilot reported that during taxi uphill on the gravel driveway he "lost control of the aircraft" and the aircraft skidded off the gravel driveway into upsloping terrain along the left side of the driveway. A witness (landing site owner) who observed the landing reported that the pilot elected to land on the gravel driveway vice the parallel "airstrip" and that the driveway had a steep bank on one side with the "airstrip" on the other side. He reported that as the aircraft was taxiing "fairly fast" uphill towards the hangar area the left wingtip impacted the left bank and the aircraft swerved left off the gravel drive.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.