Event NYC04CA180

Factual narrative

On July 24, 2004, about 1645 eastern daylight time, Cessna 182Q, N24VV was substantially damaged while landing at Hinton-Alderson Airport (WV77), Pence Springs, West Virginia. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed a private airstrip in Bland, Virginia. No flight plan was filed for the personal conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot reported he was landing on runway 28; a 2,700-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, turf runway. During the final approach, the airplane was "too low, too slow," and touched down hard on the wet runway. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest off the right side of the runway. The reported wind at an airport approximately 18 miles west of the accident site, at 1651, was from 010 degrees at 8 knots. During the final approach, the airplane was too low and too slow. The airplane touched down hard on a wet turf runway, and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane then skidded and came to rest off the right side of the runway. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12