Cessna 180 N2922A

Summary

On 27 August 1988 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2922A, operated by Michael G. Quinlan, was involved in an accident near Harding, West Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 1988 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Harding, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Durrett Air Ranch

Coordinates

38.9191, -79.8504

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2922A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Michael G. Quinlan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Morgantown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO88LA079

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED MORGANTOWN, WV, EN ROUTE TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, DURRETT AIR RANCH, NEAR HARDING, WV TO ATTEND A CESSNA 180 FLY-IN. HE STATED HE CIRCLED THE AIRSTRIP TO DETERMINE THE WIND AND RWY CONDITIONS. HE ALSO CALLED UNICOM FOR ACTIVE RWY INFO BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A REPLY. PLT STATED HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 30 UNAWARE THAT THE 1500 FT RWY CONTAINED A STEEP DOWNSLOPE. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE END OF THE RWY, INTO A RAVINE AND INTO A WOODED AREA WHERE IT NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE PLT REPORTED HE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT BY MAKING A LOW PASS OVER THE RWY OR BY INITIATING A GO-AROUND INSTEAD OF HESITATING DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.