# Accident 20210513002029A: Cessna 172N, Gulf Shores, AL, May 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2021, 17:50 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 502S
- Location: 30.2911° N, 87.6750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2911&lon=-87.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5170K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5170K-2023-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 703 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210513002029A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT JKA, A STUDENT WAS FLYING AND HAD DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THE AIRPLANE LINED UP WITH THE CENTERLINE AND ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECAY WHILE STILL 10 FEET OR MORE ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND BEGAN TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A STALL AND LANDED HARD, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON BOARD.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 ERA21LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA216), May 13, 2021: Cessna 172 (N5170K), Gulf Shores, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control during an attempted go-around.

## Other reports on N5170K (1)

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

- [Accident 19830130001789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830130001789A), Jan 30, 1983: Cessna 172N (N5170K), Lake Wohlford, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff. Aircraft ran off end of runway and flipped inverted. Runway length was 1500 feet.

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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