# Accident 20220425008949A: Cessna 172A, Stockbridge, GA, April 25, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2022, 17:42 local time
- Place: Stockbridge, GA
- Airport: Berry Hill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5356° N, 84.1791° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5356&lon=-84.1791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7572T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7572T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 300 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220425008949A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT  STATED HE HAD NOT FLOWN IN A LONG TIME AND THAT HE WAS "RUSTY". HE WANTED TO GET CURRENT AGAIN SO HE HIRED THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO FLY WITH HIM TO BECOME PROFICIENT AND PASS A FLIGHT REVIEW. THE INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE RETURNING TO THE BERRY HILL AIRPORT AND COMPLETED ONE UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND THEY WERE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29 FOR THEIR SECOND AND FINAL LANDING. DURING THE APPROACH, AT APPROXIMATELY 150' ABOVE THE GROUND AND HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY ACCORDING TO THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE APPROACH BECAME UNSTABLE AND THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMEPTED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO AROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR ADDED FULL POWER AND RAISED THE FLAPS FROM 30 DEGREES TO 20 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE TREES AND POWER LINES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. IT WAS STATED THAT THE STALL HORN WAS GOING OFF DURING THE GO AROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT TO AVOID THE TREES AND POWER LINES AND LAND ON A ROAD BUT DURING THEIR TURN, THE RIGHT WING HIT A POWER LINE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN RIGHT AND DESCEND AND IMPACT THE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL IN TO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHERE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE FLIGHT ISNTRUCTOR RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THE ENGINE RESPONDED NORMALLY WHEN FULL POWER WAS ADDED AND THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.

## 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 ERA22LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA204), Apr 25, 2022: Cessna 172A (N7572T), Stockbridge, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during an unstabilized approach, which resulted in an impact with powerlines and a subsequent loss of control

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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