# NTSB ATL02LA096: Cessna 172, N8608B, Livingston, TN, May 11, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 10, 2002, 21:15 local (May 11, 2002, 02:15 UTC) - Place: Livingston, TN - Coordinates: 36.411394, -85.311987 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4114&lon=-85.3120&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Nashville FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 54710 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02LA096 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54710/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54710 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA096 ## Probable cause The pilot failure to maintain flying speed, followed by a subsequent stall. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis According to the pilot, he was on short final to land, when he realized that the airplane was short of the runway surface. When the pilot pulled back on the yoke the airplane stalled and collided with the ground. ## Factual narrative On May 10, 2002, at 2115 central daylight time, a Cessna 172, N8608B, registered to and owned by the pilot, collided with the ground while on short final to land at a private airstrip in Livingston, Tennessee. The flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the private pilot and passenger received minor injuries. The flight departed Livingston, Tennessee, at 2100. According to the pilot, he was on short final to land on runway 03, when he realized that his touch down would be short of the runway surface, as the airspeed indicator approached 65 knots. The pilot did not hear the stall warning horn, but his airspeed continued to decrease until the airplane stalled. The pilot did not recall if he added full power, but he did advance the throttle forward. The pilot stated, that there was a "gully" below him, and his first reaction was to continue to pull back on the yoke to avoid descending into the "gully". The pilot never recovered from the stall and the airplane collided with the ground. Examination of the airplane revealed, the right main landing gear separated from the fuselage. The left landing main gear was bent aft towards the horizontal stabilizer. The propeller blades were curled aft towards the firewall. The pilot and passenger sides of the airframe were buckled. The pilot did not report a flight control or mechanical problem with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8608B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8608B-2003-07-21), registration cancelled 2003-07-21, S/N 36308, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 36308 - Airframe hours: 4000 - Engines: Continental O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Stanley David Carr - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 3, 2002, 12 hours before - Departed: 8A3, Livingston, GA - Airport: 8A3, Livingston Muni, runway 21, 3,998 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 49; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 110 total, 12 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 30° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.29 inHg - Observed at: KBNA ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020510009329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510009329A), May 10, 2002: Cessna 172, Livingston, TN, No damage. (-23) Took off from Livingston, TN with one passenger, at night (passenger's first flight, she helped pilot buy aircraft). Upon approach back into Livingston,… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 25, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54710. 301 KB in all. - Supplement S (item 1, .PDF, 29 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40172124&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Supplement%20S-Master.PDF - Weather (item 2, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40172125&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather-Master.PDF - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 3, .PDF, 262 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40172134&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. 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