# Accident 20161008024649A: Cessna 172, Argyle, NY, October 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2016, 14:01 local time
- Place: Argyle, NY
- Airport: Argyle Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2517° N, 73.4714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2517&lon=-73.4714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3943F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3943F-2018-03-29) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 271 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161008024649A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT OF N3943F.  HE STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS HIS BFR.  THE CFI WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AS THEY APPROACHED ARGYLE AIRPORT FROM THE NE, THE CFI INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  BELIEVED THAT HE COULD NOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A POSITION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21.  HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO RUNWAY 03.  AS THEY TURNED FROM BASE TO FINAL ON RUNWAY 03 HE FELT THE AIRCRAFTS SPEED WAS ?TOO SLOW? AND HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN.  THE CFI TOLD HIM HE WAS TOO SLOW. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EXTREMELY HARD LANDING.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, FULL POWER WAS ADDED.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, THROUGH A GULLY AND IMPACTED A TREE.  THE IMPACT WITHT THE TREE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP TAIL OVER NOSE.  IT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 GAA17CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA018), Oct 8, 2016: Cessna 172 (N3943F), Argyle, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a stable descent rate and his improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N3943F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830802037879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830802037879A), Aug 2, 1983: Cessna 172 (N3943F), Easton, NY, Substantial damage. Overran private strip on landing. Flipped over in a corn field. Had locked brakes and bounced trying to stop.

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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