20170911019249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Plainville, CT · September 11, 2017

Date
September 11, 2017 · 11:30 local
Place
Plainville, CT
Airport
Robertson Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54463
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA530
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 -D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total600 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

N54463, a 1981 Cessna 172P, s/n 17274979, owned by interstate aviation, Plainville/Robertson airport CT, was being operated by private pilot privacy data omitted, privacy data omitted on 9/11/2017 @ approximately 11:25 am practicing/performing touch-n-go maneuver at (4B8) on runway 2 left, bounced the aircraft as a result of performing the touch-n-go maneuver, added power to perform a go around, and adding one notch of flaps that lead to a stall condition veering left off airport property and impacting a large tree in an adjacent business parking lot. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. privacy data omitted Was taken to emergency care to be checked out and returned to the accident scene. He was deemed in good health without injury. privacy data omitted Was interviewed that afternoon and stated that he had mismanaged the flight controls during the touch-n-go maneuver.

As the FAA filed it

N54463, A 1981 CESSNA 172P, S/N 17274979, OWNED BY INTERSTATE AVIATION, PLAINVILLE/ROBERTSON AIRPORT CT, WAS BEING OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 9/11/2017 @ APPROXIMATELY 11:25 AM PRACTICING/PERFORMING TOUCH-N-GO MANEUVER AT (4B8) ON RUNWAY 2 LEFT, BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF PERFORMING THE TOUCH-N-GO MANEUVER, ADDED POWER TO PERFORM A GO AROUND, AND ADDING ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS THAT LEAD TO A STALL CONDITION VEERING LEFT OFF AIRPORT PROPERTY AND IMPACTING A LARGE TREE IN AN ADJACENT BUSINESS PARKING LOT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY CARE TO BE CHECKED OUT AND RETURNED TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE. HE WAS DEEMED IN GOOD HEALTH WITHOUT INJURY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTERVIEWED THAT AFTERNOON AND STATED THAT HE HAD MISMANAGED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS DURING THE TOUCH-N-GO MANEUVER.

NTSB investigation

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