# Accident 20170502007469A: Cessna 172S, Atlanta, GA, May 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2017, 15:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Peachtree Dekalb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8756° N, 84.3019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8756&lon=-84.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170502007469A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA17CA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA283), May 2, 2017: Cessna 172 (N704RB), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student’s incorrect use of the go-around procedure, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

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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