# Accident 19980629029219A: Cessna 172M, Flushing, MI, June 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Flushing, MI
- Airport: Daltons Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0429° N, 83.7995° 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=43.0429&lon=-83.7995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20043, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20043-1999-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 3 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980629029219A

## Narrative

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

(.4)A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE AIRPLANE APPROACH THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND ALTITUDE AT AN APPROXIMATE 45-DEGREE DESCENT ANGLE. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS, THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP STEEPLY AND EVENTUALLY LEVEL OFF AND '...FLYING AT A SAFE SPEED.'  OTHER WITNESSES SAW THE AIRPLANE STRIKE THE TREES AS PAST NEAR THEIR HOME.  THE PILOT SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS IN GROUND AFFECT AND NEARING TREES AT THE RUNWAY S DEPARTURE END.  HE SAID HE ADDED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED HIS FLAPS UNTIL HE FINISHED HIS 5-COUNT.  HE SAID THE AIRPLANE S TIRES COLLIDED WITH THE TRESS AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND ROLLED LEFT, DESCENDING VERTICALLY INTO THE ROOF OF A SHED.  THE PILOT SAID HE USES THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR AND ALTIMETER TO HELP HIM JUDGE THE GLIDE PATH TO LANDING.  HE SAID HE AIMS THE AIRPLANE S NOSE AT THE RUNWAY AIMING POINT AND FLARES WHEN THE AIRPLANE  APPROACH IS STABILIZED.  INTERVIEWS WITH 2 OF THE PILOTS FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS REVEALED THEY WERE UNABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW TO TO FLY A FINAL APPROACH THEN LAND THE AIRPLANE ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE RUNWAY.                               (-23) PILOT WAS DOWN WIND AT DALTON AIRPORT ATTEMPTING TO LAND, WAS HIGH AN D WENT AROUND ON SECOND TRY, WAS IN GROUND EFFECT, SAW END OF RWY AND TREES, APPLIED FULL POWER, CARB HEAT IN, SELECTED FLAPS UP, CLIPPED TREES AT END OF RUNWAY, WENT INTO FLAT STALL AND LANDED INTO BARN.

## 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 CHI98LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA225), Jun 29, 1998: Cessna 172 (N20043), Flushing, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: was a delayed go-around maneuver by the pilot. Factors associated with this accident were the pilot misjudging his final approach altitude and glide path, having inadequate altitude to clear the…

## Other reports on N20043 (1)

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

- [Accident 19930306009279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930306009279A), Mar 6, 1993: Cessna 172M (N20043), Romeo, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Drifted off side of runway and nosed up in a snowbank.

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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