# Accident 20120315007919A: Cessna 501, Franklin, NC, March 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2012, 13:45 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2206° N, 83.4256° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2206&lon=-83.4256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7700T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7700T-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 501 (registry code 2076603, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,158 total, 177 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120315007919A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VENICE, FL (KVNC) AT APPROXIMATELY 1149L ON 03/15/2012 WITH 1 PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS.  AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT PLAN TO MACON COUNTY AIRPORT (1A5) ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TOO HIGH AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND, ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND THE APPROACH WAS STILL HIGH.   THE NOSE GEAR FIRST CONTACTED MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE, POWER WAS INCREASED IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND, THE RIGHT WING AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP WING OVER WING AND COME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AT ABOUT 90? TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT AND ALL PASSENGERS.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 1000 FT. FROM THE END OF THE 5000 FT. RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT THRUST REVERSER WAS FOUND DEPLOYED AND THE CORRESPONDING CONTROL ALSO REFLECTED DEPLOYMENT.  ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1345L.  THE FBO AT 1A5 HAS NO RECORDS WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THIS AIRCRAFT VISITING OR TRANSITIONING THROUGH THIS AIRPORT.

## 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 ERA12FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA225), Mar 15, 2012: Cessna 501 (N7700T), Franklin, NC, substantial damage, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to achieve a stabilized approach, resulting in a nose-first, bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's activation of only one thrust reverser, resulting in…

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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