# Accident 20030517011949A: Cessna 172N, Payson, AZ, May 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2003, 11:25 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2567° N, 111.3392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2567&lon=-111.3392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739NS-2013-05-07) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 5 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030517011949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLEW FROM GLENDALE, AZ. TO PAYSON. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED REPEATEDLY, IT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 24 INTO THE DIRT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. POWER WAS APPLIED FOR GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE UP AND CLIMBED OUT. IT CONTINUED TURNING TO THE RIGHT WITH THE NOSE UP UNTIL THE WING STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ANGLE. WITNESSES STATED THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE NOSE PRIOR TO THE STALL. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAP HANDLE WAS IN THE FULLY EXTENDED (FLAP DOWN) POSITION.

## 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 LAX03LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA152), May 17, 2003: Cessna 172N (N739NS), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, failure to retract the flaps during an aborted landing attempt, failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, and failure to maintain directional…

## Other reports on N739NS (1)

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

- [Accident 20020213001189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020213001189A), Feb 13, 2002: Cessna 172N (N739NS), Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On February 13, 2002, at 0917 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172S, N299ME, veered off runway 01 during landing and collided on the ground with a…

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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