# NTSB ATL84FLT08: Cessna 172, N8008X, Walls, MS, April 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 13, 1984, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Walls, MS
- Coordinates: 34.949672, -90.130676 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9497&lon=-90.1307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FLT08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FLT08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8008X-2021-07-31), registration cancelled 2021-07-31, S/N 17248508, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17248508
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840413013049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840413013049A), Apr 13, 1984: Cessna 172B, Walls, MS, Substantial damage. Student pilot leveled off too high and stalled aircraft during solo practice landing.

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.

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