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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Griffin, GA · April 16, 2006

Date
April 16, 2006 · 14:45 local
Place
Griffin, GA
Airport
Griffin-Spalding County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9970V
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL06CA065
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,081 total1,028 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was flying the aircraft doing takeoff and landings on runway 32 at 6A2. The wind was initially a crosswind from 260 degrees. During his second landing the pilot landed long down the runway and was unable to stop the aircraft prior to entering the runway overrun and going down an embankment coming to rest on its top after flipping over nose to tail. The pilot stated the wind had changed to a strong left quartering tail wind during his second landing and he elected not to make a go-around because he believed he had sufficent runway. The aircraft had been moved to a closed hangar by the time the iic arrived at the scene. Photographs of the aircraft were taken in the hangar. There were no witnesses to the accident. The pilot reported the event to the NTSB. The pilot has minor cuts and bruises on hands noticed by the iic.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT DOING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 32 AT 6A2. THE WIND WAS INITIALLY A CROSSWIND FROM 260 DEGREES. DURING HIS SECOND LANDING THE PILOT LANDED LONG DOWN THE RUNWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO ENTERING THE RUNWAY OVERRUN AND GOING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT COMING TO REST ON ITS TOP AFTER FLIPPING OVER NOSE TO TAIL. THE PILOT STATED THE WIND HAD CHANGED TO A STRONG LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND DURING HIS SECOND LANDING AND HE ELECTED NOT TO MAKE A GO-AROUND BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE HAD SUFFICENT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED TO A CLOSED HANGAR BY THE TIME THE IIC ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE TAKEN IN THE HANGAR. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE EVENT TO THE NTSB. THE PILOT HAS MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES ON HANDS NOTICED BY THE IIC.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.