# Accident 20110323004459A: Cessna 172M, Statesville, NC, March 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2011, 10:47 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Allison Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8889° N, 80.8069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8889&lon=-80.8069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32SF-2011-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110323004459A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONDUCT EMERGENCY LANDING APPROACH AT A GRASS RUNWAY  WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN COMING WITHIN APPROX. 15 FEET OF THE RUNWAY.  DURING PULL OUT PHASE, INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS.  NEITHER PILOT WAS ABLE TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ATTITUDE TO CLEAR TREES AT END OF GRASS FIELD.  BOTH STATED A/C WAS BEING "PUSHED AND BLOWN TO THE RIGHT"  A/C STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED TO THE GROUND FACING WEST.  PILOTS  SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  NO INDICATIONS OF MECHANICAL AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE.  APPROX 30 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM A/C. PROP MARKINGS INDICATED ROTATION AT TIME OF IMPACT.

## 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 ERA11CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA205), Mar 23, 2011: Cessna 172M (N32SF), Statesville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's inadequate remedial action during the go-around, which resulted in a collision with trees.

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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