# Accident 20221122022569A: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Newnan, GA, November 22, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2022, 09:37 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3116° N, 84.7698° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3116&lon=-84.7698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N407MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,417 total, 918 in this make and model, 321 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221122022569A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 22, 2022, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 172S OPERATING ON A TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER FAR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE DURING APPROACH TO LANDING - FOLLOWING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE, AT NEWNAN-COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (KCCO), NEWNAN, GEORGIA. THE ONLY OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE THE COMMERCIAL RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT, BOTH WERE UNINJURED. ACCORDING TO BOTH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT STATEMENTS, DURING THE FINAL APPROACH, THE STUDENT PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH. DURING THE ROUND-OUT/FLARE, THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE FUSELAGE, AFT OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, IMPACTED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHTS AND THE TAIL STRUCK THE SURFACE OF THE BLAST PAD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE TRAINING FLIGHT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL ADDITIONAL LANDINGS AND MANEUVERS BEFORE RETURNING TO PEACHTREE CITY- FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (KFFC), PEACHTREE CITY, GA.

## 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 ERA23LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA074), Nov 22, 2022: Textron 172 (N407MD), Newnan, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action during a simulated engine failure and low approach, which resulted in a collision with a runway light.

## Other reports on N407MD (1)

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

- [Accident 20260128003059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260128003059A), Jan 28, 2026: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N407MD), Newnan, GA, Substantial damage. On January 27, 2026, at approximately 1330 local time, student pilot conducting pilot training at Newnan Coweta County Airport (cco). Student pilot completed…

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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