# NTSB ATL06CA118: Cessna 172N, N3015E, Perry, GA, November 7, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 7, 2005, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Perry, GA - Coordinates: 32.510555, -83.767219 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-83.7672&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: College Park FSDO-11 - NTSB case key (mKey): 64289 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA118 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64289/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA118 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a touch-and-go landing on initial takeoff climb, resulting in a hard landing on the departure runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - Hard landing, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis According to the student pilot she was on her first solo supervised instructional flight. Her flight instructor had informed her to remain in closed traffic for runway 36 and complete three full stop landings. The student pilot departed and completed the first full stop landing and departed again. She made her second landing and initiated a touch-and-go. The airplane reached about 150 feet and the student pilot remembered her flight instructor wanted her to make a full stop landing. The student pilot pulled the throttle back, the airplane stalled, and landed hard on the runway. ## Factual narrative On November 7, 2005, at 1200 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172N, N3015E, registered to Central Georgia Aviation Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, collided with the runway on initial take off climb at Perry Houston County Airport, Perry, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The student plot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Perry Houston County Airport on November 7, 2005, at 1200. The accident was reported late to the NTSB on August 7, 2006. According to the student pilot she was on her first solo supervised instructional flight. Her flight instructor had informed her to remain in closed traffic for runway 36 and complete three full stop landings. The student pilot departed and completed the first full stop landing and departed again. She made her second landing and initiated a touch and go. The airplane reached about 150 feet and the student pilot remembered her flight instructor wanted her to make a full stop landing. The student pilot pulled the throttle back, the airplane stalled, and landed hard on the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3015E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3015E), registered now, S/N 17271404, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172N - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17271404 - Airframe hours: 3726 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Central Georgia Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2005, 47 hours before - Departed: KPXE, Perry, GA - Destination: KPXE - Airport: KPXE, Perry Houston Co. Airport, runway 36, 4,998 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: KMCN ## Other investigations on N3015E (2) 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 ERA19LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA079), Dec 24, 2018: Cessna 172 (N3015E), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the fatigue fracture of the No. 2 exhaust rocker arm stud. - [NTSB NYC08CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA110), Feb 19, 2008: Cessna 172N (N3015E), Perry, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing. Contributing to the accident were the gusting winds. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.