Cessna 172L N2885Q

Summary

On 13 July 1998 at about 02:50 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N2885Q, operated by Huddleston, Marvin, A., was involved in an accident near Lapwai, Idaho, 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

13 July 1998 at 02:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Lapwai, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

46.3196, -116.7801

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N2885Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Huddleston, Marvin, A.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Kamiah

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA98LA121

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning or preparation from unsuitable terrain. Factors include an embedded railroad tie in the takeoff path, and high vegetation..

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

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The pilot reported to a local law enforcement official that he was initiating a southbound takeoff with 20 degrees flaps from a field of 15 inch high grass near his mother's residence. He reported that immediately after lifting off, a wheel struck something, and immediately thereafter the aircraft impacted a fence post and then terrain before coming to a stop. In a written statement, the pilot noted that the airplane struck the top of a railroad tie in the grass.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.