# Accident 20110430007459A: Cessna 172M, Suches, GA, April 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Suches, GA
- Airport: High Valley Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6981° N, 84.0128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6981&lon=-84.0128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12839, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12839-2012-06-14) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110430007459A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INITIALLY OVERFLEW THE 2000 FOOT SOD RUNWAY (ELEVATION 2800 FEET) TO CHECK THE WIND DIRECTION/VELOCITY.  THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE GUSTY AND A RIGHT CROSSWIND.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 02.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRSPEED AT TOUCHDOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 90 MPH.  HE TOUCHED DOWN WITH APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING.  WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN DUE TO THE SLIPPERY GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY HITTING A FENCE POST, CROSSING A SMALL DITCH AND ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 50-75 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA11CA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA273), Apr 30, 2011: Cessna 172M (N12839), Suchez, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to initiate a go-around and his excessive airspeed on the final landing approach.

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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