Cessna 172 N6700A

Summary

On 12 January 1999 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6700A was involved in an accident near Centre, Alabama, 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

12 January 1999 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Centre, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Headquarters (AL27)

Coordinates

34.1501, -85.6691

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N6700A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gadsden → Centre

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL99LA041

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors were the tailwind weather condition, and the wet sod runway.

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

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According to the pilot, there were power lines on the north end of the 2,000 foot runway so he elected to make a downwind landing to the north to miss the lines. The airplane landed long, and during the landing roll, the pilot found that the winds were stronger then expected and the airplane would not stop on the wet grass. The airplane slid off the end of the runway, crossing a ditch and highway 411, nosing over in a ditch on the other-side of the highway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to include the propeller, wing strut, wing spars, vertical stabilizer, and a collapsed nose gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.