# Accident 20050623014639A: Cessna 172N, Edgartown, MA, June 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2005, 13:40 local time
- Place: Edgartown, MA
- Airport: Katama Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5417° N, 70.5244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5417&lon=-70.5244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5118D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5118D-2017-07-14) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 658 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050623014639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 AT KATAMA AIRPARK IN VFR CONDITIONS IN ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES OR BETTER. AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND WAS BACKTAXIING TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 3. BACKTAXIING PILOT MADE CALLS TO INFORM OTHER TRAFFIC OF HIS INTENTIONS. HE WAS ANSWERED BY ANOTHER PILOT AND INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NORDO APPROACHES IN PROGRESS. HE REACHED THE END OF RUNWAY 3 AND RUNWAY 6 INTERSECTION AND SAW AN AIRCRAFT ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 3. THE LANDING AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND AS THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE END OF RUNWAY 3. N5118D BEGAN A GO AROUND BUT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE NUMBERS OF RUNWAY 6 AT 75 FEET ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT DROPPED VERTICALLY FROM 75 FEET AND CRASHED. PILOT OF N5118D IS IN A COMA. RECENT PILOT HOURS AND TRAINING INFORMATION AREN'T AVAILABLE.

## 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 NYC05LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA106), Jun 23, 2005: Cessna 172N (N5118D), Edgartown, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain. [THIS REPORT WAS MODIFIED ON JUNE 10, 2008]

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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