# Accident 19990504004579A: Cessna 172N, Eagleville, TN, May 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1999, 14:32 local time
- Place: Eagleville, TN
- Airport: T-Top Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7391° N, 86.6510° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7391&lon=-86.6510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739EW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739EW-2004-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990504004579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS AND RECOVERY WHEN THE ACFT STRUCK A GUY WIRE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY AND CRASH LANDED ABOUT 100 FEET FROM THE RWY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) IN THE COURSE OF PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS THE INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE GRASS RUNWAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT TAILWIND AND AT A POINT THAT A SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A TELEPHONE LINE AND TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE DOWNWIND RUNWAY. (.4) WHILE SIMULATING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR A THIRD TIME, THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED WITH AN APPROXIMATE 10 KNOT TAILWIND, 1/2 WAY DOWN THE 3,000 FOOT GRASS RUNWAY WITH FULL FLAPS.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE STUDENT CLEANED THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED FULL POWER FOR THE GO-AROUND WITHOUT DELAY.  DURING THE CLIMB OUT AT AN AIRSPEED GREATER THAN BEST ANGLE OF CLIMB (VX), THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED PHONE LINE ABOUT 25 FEET AGL.  THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE THEN COLLIDED WITH A TREE WHICH SEPARATED ABOUT 8-10 FEET OF THAT WING.  THE AIRPLANE THEN DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND COMING TO REST ABOUT 135 FEET FROM THE TREE IMPACT POINT.  THE CFI S TATED THAT THERE WAS NO ENGINE, AIRFRAME, OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE THE UNMARKED PHONE LINE DURING THAT FLIGHT OR DURING THE PREVIOUS 8-10 TIMES HE FLEW TO THAT AIRSTRIP, BUT HE DID NOTICE THE TREES DURING THE CLIMB JUST PRIOR TO THE PHONE LINE CONTACT.  THE FLAPS WERE DETERMINED TO BE EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 5 DEGREES AND NO FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE FLAP SYSTEM WAS NOTED.

## 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 MIA99LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA148), May 4, 1999: Cessna 172N (N739EW), Eagleville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The dual's student failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from the wire during takeoff/initial climb. Also causal was the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision.

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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