- Date
- May 28, 2005, 09:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place
- Louisburg, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N22055Cessna 172R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA - Greensboro FSDO - 05
- FAA report
- 20050528011289A
- Case key
- 61584
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall and subsequent loss of control and collision with the ground.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was attempting a simulated engine-out landing and initiated a go-around. He stated he applied full power, and the left wing dropped. He stated he countered with control input, then the right wing dropped. He countered with control input, and the left wing dropped again and made contact with the ground. He stated the airplane then contacted the runway in a "nose slightly down attitude." Examination of the airplane revealed the propeller was damaged, the nosewheel was separated, the right main wheel was separated, both wings were bent, and the fuselage was buckled aft of the baggage door. No mechanical malfunction of the airplane was reported or observed.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 2005, about 0910 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172R, N22055, registered to Carlina, Inc., and operated by First in Flight Aviation, collided with the runway during an attempted go-around at Franklin County Airport, Louisburg, North Carolina. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The private pilot reported no injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local flight departed Franklin County Airport about 0840.
The pilot stated he was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 22, and the accident occurred on what was to be the last landing of the flight. He stated he was attempting a simulated engine-out landing, and the airplane was lined up on short final when "something didn't feel right, so I initiated a go-around." He stated he applied full power, and the airplane "began a wingover to the left, which I countered, but it started to do the same in the other direction, which I also countered, and it again dropped the left wing, which made contact with the ground in the grass on the left side of the runway." He stated the airplane then contacted the runway in a "nose slightly down attitude."
Examination of the airplane revealed the propeller was damaged, the nosewheel was separated, the right main wheel was separated, both wings were bent, and the fuselage was buckled aft of the baggage door. No mechanical malfunction of the airplane was reported or observed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22055
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17280902
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- First In Flight Aviation
- Registered owner
- Carlina, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KLHZ · Louisburg, NC
- Destination
- KLHZ · Louisburg, NC
- Airport
- KLHZ · Franklin County, runway 22, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 18, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 325 in this make and model · 257 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.