# Accident 20070908022339A: Cessna 172N, Carrabelle, FL, September 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Carrabelle, FL
- Airport: Dog Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8050° N, 84.5958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8050&lon=-84.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1954F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1954F-2008-11-12) (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: 100 total, 68 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070908022339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT THE DOG ISLAND AIRPORT THE PILOT DECIDED TO USE ONLY PARTIAL FLAPS (20 DEGREES) FOR LANDING. THIS DECISION WAS MADE BECAUSE HE STATED THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATELY 7 KNOT CROSSWIND AND HEAVY AIRCRAFT LOAD. THE USE OF REDUCED FLAPS GOT THE PILOT HIGH AND FAST AND REQUIRED HIM TO SLIP THE AIRCRAFT FROM ABOUT 200 TO ABOUT 20 FEET AGL AT WHICH TIME HE STRAIGHTENED THE NOSE AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SPEED THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED BACK OFF THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE FLOATED DOWN THE RUNWAY WITHOUT DESCENDING, AND AS THE PILOT DECIDED TO ADD POWER AND GO AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SINK RATE TO LAND. THE PILOT DECIDED TO STOP AND REDUCED POWER. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS JUST PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS CAUSING THE LOSS OF LIFT AND A NOSE DROP. THE HARD IMPACT CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE, THE PROPELLER AND COWL IMMPACTED THE GROUND. THE IMPACT IN THE SOFT GRASS SURFACE RUNWAY CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO DIG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 MIA07CA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA143), Sep 8, 2007: Cessna 172N (N1954F), Carrabelle, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper flare by the pilot-in-command resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N1954F (1)

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

- [Incident 19990301019239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990301019239I), Mar 1, 1999: Cessna 172N (N1954F), New Orleans, LA. Airman conducted pre-flight planning and visually inspected the aircraft prior to departure from tallahasse, Florida. The pilot's assertion that the fuel tanks…

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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