# NTSB ATL85LA116: Cessna 172H, N3227L, Buena Vista, GA, March 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1985, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: Buena Vista, GA
- Coordinates: 32.310714, -84.509674 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3107&lon=-84.5097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6759/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA116

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT SLIPPED ON FINAL DUE TO BEING HIGH. LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. ON SECOND TOUCHDOWN RUDDER WAS STILL APPLIED AND ACFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY COLLIDING WITH DITCH BANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3227L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3227L), registered now, S/N 17256127, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256127
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Doyle K. Pair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CSG, COLUMBUS, GA
- Destination: 82A, BUENA VISTA, GA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 82A, Marion County, runway 32, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 352 total, 250 in this make and model, 301 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19850310006489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850310006489A), Mar 10, 1985: Cessna 172H, Buena Vista, GA, Substantial damage. Bounced landing came down in a crabbed angle lost control left the runway and nosed over in a ditch.

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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