# Accident 19990919036699A: Cessna 172N, Huntsville, AL, September 19, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1999, 15:23 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Moontown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7200° N, 86.4801° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7200&lon=-86.4801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734TC-2004-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 60 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990919036699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED MADISON COUNTY EXECUTIVE (M82) FOR LOCAL SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT WITH THREE PASSENGERS ONBOARD. DURING ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MOONTOWN AIRPORT (3M5) PILOT OVERSHOT LANDING TOUCHING DOWN ON LAST 500 FEET OF GRASS STRIP.  APPLIED BRAKES AND SLID 375 FEET (75 FEET INTO OVERRUN).  AIRCRAFT WENT AIRBORNE FOR 183 FEET PASSING OVER DRAINAGE DITCH AND IMPACTED ON MAIN LANDING GEAR, BOUNCED 60 FEET THEN IMPACTED ON NOSE GEAR.  AT THIS POINT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, PROPELLER IMPACTED GROUND, AND AIRCRAFT SLID 57 ON PROPELLER SPINNER AND LOWER ENGINE COWL UNTIL AIRCRAFT ROLLED INVERTED.  ALL THREE GEAR DAMAGED, LOWER FUSELAGE BENT AT BULKHEAD AFT OF BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT.  VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER DAMAGED.  ONE PROPELLER BLADE BENT AFT.  ENGINE SUFFERED SUDDEN STOPPAGE.  BOTH WINGS DISTORTED AND LEFT WING STRUT BENT 30 DEGREES UPWARD.  BOTH FUEL CELL 3/4 FULL.  PILOT STATED THERE WAS NO ENGINE FAILURE AND ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO BAD LANDING.  NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED.  PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE,  MEDICAL GOOD UNTIL 10/30/99.  TOTAL RUNWAY LENGTH 2180 FEET. (.4) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY REMAINING TO T AKEOFF AGAIN. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH, AND NOSED OVER. THE WIND AT THE HUNTSVILLE AIRPORT, LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, 27 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, WERE FROM 150 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS.

## 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 MIA99LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA259), Sep 19, 1999: Cessna 172N (N734TC), Moontown, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land on a runway with a quartering tailwind, his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point on the runway, and his delay in aborting the takeoff phase of a touch and go…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.