# NTSB ATL84LA271: Cessna 172P, N55384, Biloxi, MS, August 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1984, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Biloxi, MS
- Coordinates: 30.410724, -88.879615 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4107&lon=-88.8796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6533
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA271
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6533/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA271

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HIS DESTINATION, A GRASS RUNWAY, WAS DRY. HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THIS FIELD RESULTED IN A GO-AROUND BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE LANDED LONG. THE SECOND APPROACH RESULTED IN A LANDING, BUT BECAUSE HIS WHEELS BEGAN TO SLIDE ON THE GRASS WHICH NOW WAS WET, AN ABORTED LANDING WAS PERFORMED. HE CLIMBED TO ABOUT 20 FT AGL BEFORE REACHING A TREE LINE. A COLLISION WITH THE TREES OCCURRED AND THE ACFT STALLED AND SETTLED TO THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55384](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55384-2013-01-31), registration cancelled 2013-01-31, S/N 17275171, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275171
- Airframe hours: 908
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pensacola Navy Flying Club
- Registered owner: Malcom S. Strickland
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 8, 1984
- Departed: PNS, PENSACOLA, FL
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Kennedy Marine, runway 24, 1,950 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 245 total, 43 in this make and model, 132 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GPT, 5 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 19840824048019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840824048019A), Aug 24, 1984: Cessna 172P, Biloxi, MS, Destroyed. Stalled into trees during a belated goaround. Was unable to stop on the wet grass runway after landing too long.

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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