# Accident 19920609019149A: Cessna 172, Buffalo, NY, June 9, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1992, 17:30 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1177° N, 78.7033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1177&lon=-78.7033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9263H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9263H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC92LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920609019149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. BEGAN LATE GO AROUND. STALLED CLEARING OBSTACLES. FAILED TO TURN OFF CARB HEAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC92LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA105), Jun 9, 1992: Cessna 172 (N9263H), Buffalo, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED DURING A GO AROUND, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT DELAYED THE GO…

## Other reports on N9263H (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220420005659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220420005659A), Apr 20, 2022: Cessna 172M (N9263H), Manhattan, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed Manhattan, KS (mhk) for local flight. After landing and departing wamego, KS (69K), the pilot performed low approach and flyover of grass…
- [Accident 19860723035739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860723035739A), Jul 23, 1986: Cessna 172M (N9263H), Olcott, NY, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway and struck trees after a bounced landing. Inexperienced pilot.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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