# Accident 20080526838049A: Cessna 172, Sells, AZ, May 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sells, AZ
- Airport: Sells
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9261° N, 111.8897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9261&lon=-111.8897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2857E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2857E-2013-04-19) (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 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 119 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080526838049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 26,2008 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED MARANA, AZ ENROUTE VFR TO SELLS, AZ. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CROSSED OVER THE AIRPORT FOR INDICATION OF WIND DIRECTION. HAVING FOUND NONE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENTERED LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 4, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4 AT SELLS AIRPORT, SELLS, AZ. ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT HE DID A GO-AROUND BELIEVING THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH. ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT HE BELIEVED HE WAS A BIT HIGH, BUT FELT THAT HE COULD SAFELY MAKE THE RUNWAY. HE BOUNCED TWICE AND THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND. AFTER ADDING POWER ON THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAYS HE VEERED LEFT SLIGHTLY AND HIS LEFT WING TIP CLIPPED THE TREES ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, SLID THROUGH TWO TREES, FINALLY COMING TO REST IN THE THIRD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT HURT, HOWEVER SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. SINCE THE ACCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS BEEN UP ONCE VOLUNTARILY WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO WORK ON APPROACHES AND LANDING AND PLANS A MINIMUM OF TWO MORE FLIGHT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR.

## 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 LAX08CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA155), May 26, 2008: Cessna 172N (N2857E), Sells, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and failure to maintain proper runway alignment.

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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