# Accident 20060708015819A: Cessna 172S, Machias, ME, July 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2006, 19:45 local time
- Place: Machias, ME
- Airport: Machias Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8844° N, 82.5889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8844&lon=-82.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N335SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060708015819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT MILLER FARM LANDING STRIP (PUBLIC USE AIRFIELD GRASS STRIP). HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND ADDED FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF THE FLAPS WERE AT 0 DEGREES OR 10 DEGREES AT THAT POINT. HE THEN PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND ADDED RIGHT RUDDER TO COUNTERACT THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE (NORTH SIDE) OF THE RUNWAY MIDPOINT OF THE FIELD AND MADE A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE TWO SOULS ONBOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI06CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA183), Jul 9, 2006: Cessna 172S (N335SP), Baltimore, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain sufficient airspeed during the takeoff which resulted in the inadvertent stall and collision with the ground.

## Other reports on N335SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20160710014549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160710014549A), Jul 10, 2016: Cessna 172S (N335SP), Kahukui, HI, Substantial damage. Kahului, HI (ogg): N335SP, C172, cleared for touch and go on rwy 5. N335SP then had 2 hard bounces on touchdown and veared off to the left of rwy 5 into the…

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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