# NTSB ATL84LA267: Cessna 172M, N9657Q, Winston-Salem, NC, August 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1984, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place: Winston-Salem, NC
- Coordinates: 36.100749, -80.319046 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1007&lon=-80.3190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6530
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA267
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6530/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA267

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

FOLLOWING A HIGH AND SLOW APCH, THE PLT DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THE LANDING. POWER WAS ADDED FOR A GO-AROUND, BUT THE POWER RESPONSE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND THE PLT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING. POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE NOSE LOWERED BUT, THE ACFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RWY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9657Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265741
- Airframe hours: 1084
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skyhawk Association
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 20, 1983, 129 hours before
- Destination: RUQ, SALISBURY, NC
- Airport: INT, Smith Reynolds, runway 21, 3,938 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 500 total, 20 in this make and model, 399 as pilot in command, 113 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: INT

## 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 19840823046419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840823046419A), Aug 23, 1984: Cessna 172M, Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. Leveled off too slow and too high aircraft stalled and hit the runway nose first collapsing the nose gear.

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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