- Date
- April 13, 1984, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walls, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8008XCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840413013049A
- Case key
- 6325
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt stated that he stalled the acft about 15 ft AGL. When the acft hit the rwy it flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8008X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248508
- Engine
- Continental O-320, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- David E. Canup
- Registered owner
- Don T. Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- 2M6 · Twinkletown, runway 23, 3,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf
N8008XRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Cessna 172BAirframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 15 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 10 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.