# Accident 20110416005639A: Cessna 172, Greenville, TX, April 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Greenville, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2394° N, 96.0731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2394&lon=-96.0731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6933A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6933A-2017-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110416005639A

## Narrative

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

MR. JW PARKER DEPARTED GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS (GPM) ON A VFR FLIGHT TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 NNE OF GREENVILLE, TEXAS IN HIS PERSONAL CESSNA C-172, N6933A. WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36, MR. PARKER FAILED TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN AIRSPEED FOR HIS APPROACH WHICH WAS A TURF RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET IN LENGTH, WHICH LEAD HIM TO A LONG LANDING APPROXIMATELY 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.HE THEN DECIDED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP, SO HE INITIATED A GO AROUND, APPLIED FULL POWER BUT DID NOT RETRACT THE FLAPS. AIRCRAFT FAILED TO ACCELERATE AT A PROPER RATE AND CONSUMED THE REMAINDER OF THE RUNWAY. HE ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB AT AN APPROPRIATE ANGLE TO CLEAR THE OBSTRUCTIONS LOCATED JUST OFF THE END. HE MADE THE DECISION TO FLY UNDER THE POWERLINES (100 FEET NORTH OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY) AND THEN INITIATE AN ABRUPT PULL UP TO CLEAR THE TREE LINE LOCATED ACROSS THE ROAD (80 FEET NORTH OF THE POWERLINES).THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE TREE LINE AND STRUCK THE TOP OF THE TREES, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND SETTLE INTO THE TREE TOPS. HE STRUCK A LARGE TREE WITH THE LEFT WING AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED UP AGAINST A CLUSTER OF TREES APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT.

## 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 CEN11CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA293), Apr 16, 2011: Cessna 172 (N6933A), Greenville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed action in performing a go-around maneuver, which resulted in an impact 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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