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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Atlanta, GA · May 2, 2017

Date
May 2, 2017 · 15:30 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Peachtree Dekalb
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N704RB
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA283
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On about 9:35 05/10/17 aircraft was landing at pdk. It had entered a right downwind for 21R. The wind was 250 at 8 knots. On final approach slightly left of the centerline. Aircraft transitioned from a nose-low to a nose-high attitude about 30 feet above the runway. It was beginning to stall and then pilot went to full power.

The aircraft struck the runway and bounced up about 10 feet. The left wing dipped and struck the surface. Then the right wing dipped and struck the surface.

The aircraft is parked at epps aviation.

As the FAA filed it

ON ABOUT 9:35 05/10/17 AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT PDK. IT HAD ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR 21R. THE WIND WAS 250 AT 8 KNOTS. ON FINAL APPROACH SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. AIRCRAFT TRANSITIONED FROM A NOSE-LOW TO A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. IT WAS BEGINNING TO STALL AND THEN PILOT WENT TO FULL POWER.

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED UP ABOUT 10 FEET. THE LEFT WING DIPPED AND STRUCK THE SURFACE. THEN THE RIGHT WING DIPPED AND STRUCK THE SURFACE.

THE AIRCRAFT IS PARKED AT EPPS AVIATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.