# Accident 20080621834259A: Cessna 172R, Tishomingo, OK, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 12:30 local time
- Place: Tishomingo, OK
- Airport: Tishomingo Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1986° N, 96.6744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1986&lon=-96.6744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5178Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5178Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 368 total, 228 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621834259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED: THAT ON THE SECOND LANDING OF AN INSTRUCTINAL FLIGHT INTO TISHOMINGO AIRPARK, OK (0F9) ON FINAL THE AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 KNOTS UNTIL DESCENDING BELOW THE TREE LINE WHERE HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BECOMING A LITTLE SLOW; HOWEVER, NEARING GROUND EFFECT HE FELT THE AIRSPEED WAS STILL SUFFICIENT.  AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SMALL POCKET OF TURBULENCE, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED JUST ABOVE THE GROUND.  RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING THAT DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD BE FOUND UPON LATER MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS.

## 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 DEN08LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA111), Jun 21, 2008: Cessna 172R (N5178Y), Tishomingo, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, resulting in an inadvertent stall during the landing flare. Contributing factors in this accident was the terrain-induced turbulence, and 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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