# Accident 20110829019029A: Cessna 172F, Atlanta, ID, August 29, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2011, 08:45 local time
- Place: Atlanta, ID
- Airport: Atlanta
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8136° N, 115.1350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8136&lon=-115.1350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8698U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8698U-2017-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 140 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA413](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA413) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110829019029A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT 55H, A HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORT, RECOMMENDED FOR EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN PILOTS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT, WITH A NOTATION : NO GO-AROUND.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND AFTER REALIZING HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LAND ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY.  HE THEN REALIZED A GO-AROUND WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE AND TRIED TO LAND, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER.

## 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 WPR11CA413](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA413), Aug 29, 2011: Cessna 172F (N8698U), Atlanta, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s misjudgment of his final approach path. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.

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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