# Accident 20170911019249A: Cessna 172P, Plainville, CT, September 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Plainville, CT
- Airport: Robertson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6889° N, 72.8672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6889&lon=-72.8672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54463, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54463-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 -D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 600 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA530](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA530) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170911019249A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA17CA530](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA530), Sep 11, 2017: Cessna 172 (N54463), Plainville, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly execute the go-around, which resulted in the airplane failing to maintain a climb, which resulted in collision with a tree.

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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