# NTSB ATL86LA123: Aero Commander 112, N55VH, Roanoke, AL, May 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1986, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Roanoke, AL
- Coordinates: 33.140354, -85.359878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1404&lon=-85.3599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7097
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7097/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA123

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - pull-up - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. WHILE ON FINAL APCH, FULL FLAPS WERE LOWERED AND POWER WAS ADDED TO MAINTAIN 80 KTS. THE ACFT CONTINUED DESCENDING, THE AIRSPEED DECREASED TO 65-70 KTS AND THE STALL WARNING ACTIVATED. THE PLT THEN APPLIED PWR TO GO-AROUND, HOWEVER, HE APPLIED TOO MUCH BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE AND THE ACFT CONTINUED TO MUSH. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A WOODED AREA. THE PLT LATER REFLECTED HE HAD NOT RECENTLY PRACTICED GO-AROUNDS AND BELIEVES THE FLAPS WERE INADVERTENTLY RAISED WHEN PWR WAS ADDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55VH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55VH-2013-04-18), registration cancelled 2013-04-18, S/N 246, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 112
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 112A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112a) (registry code 7630302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 246
- Airframe hours: 634
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1D6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Winston Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 28, 1985
- Airport: 7A5, Roanake, runway 11, 3,700 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 235 total, 38 in this make and model, 158 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19860504041019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860504041019A), May 4, 1986: Gulstm 112A, Roanoke, AL, Substantial damage. Came in too slow. Stalled on attempt to go around. Aircraft settled into trees off the runway side.

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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