- Date
- January 30, 1982, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Cumberland Isla, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734YYCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820130002179A
- Case key
- 70385
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Analysis
The 2500 ft runway had trees on 3 sides. The normal pattern for landing was from east to west and departures were normally from west to east. A long, shallow, tailwind approach was made from the east at about 65 knots. The pilot used 40 degrees of flaps and maintained about 1400 to 1500 RPM until after landing. Immediately, he realized he had too much speed and chopped his power. The aircraft hit a dip and lifted off the runway. By this time, the pilot was committed to the landing, but was unable to stop on the runway. He continued off the runway and collided with trees. The procedure for a short field landing with full flaps (40 degrees) is to hold 60 knots until the flare, reduce power to idle after clearing obstacles, touch down on main wheels first, apply heavy brakes, and retract the flaps.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734YY
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269232
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Issac L. Roundtree, Jr.
- Registered owner
- L. And M. Aviation
- Departed
- St. Simons Isla, GA
- Destination
- 1J1 · Cumberland Isla, GA
- Airport
- Candler Highpoint, runway 27, 2,500 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 16 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWK, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.