The airplane was substantially damaged at about 1600 Eastern time when it collided with terrain. The private pilot was seriously injured. Visual conditions prevailed. The airplane came to rest in a cow pasture, oriented approximately north/south. According to an FAA inspector, the field where the airplane came to rest was parallel to, and oriented in the same direction as, the turf runway at the pilots destination airport, which was approximately mile away. He added that the initial ground scar in the cow pasture was abeam the turf runways approach end.
April 16, 2010, Archer, Fla., Cessna 172H
The airplane was substantially damaged at about 1600 Eastern time when it collided with terrain. The private pilot was seriously injured. Visual conditions prevailed. The airplane came to rest in a cow pasture, oriented approximately north/south.
Key Takeaways:
- An airplane was substantially damaged and its private pilot seriously injured after colliding with terrain in a cow pasture at approximately 1600 Eastern time.
- The accident occurred about half a mile from the pilot's destination airport, under prevailing visual conditions.
- The cow pasture where the plane came to rest was oriented parallel to and in the same direction as the destination airport's turf runway, with the initial impact located abeam the runway's approach end, suggesting a potential misjudgment of the landing area.
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