# NTSB ATL87LA206: Cessna 172I, N46233, Goodway, AL, July 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1987, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Goodway, AL
- Location: 31.3368° N, 87.4258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goodway, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3368&lon=-87.4258&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA206

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE LNDD LONG ON A 2500 FT GRASS STRIP WHICH WAS WET DUE TO HVY DEW. DRG THE APCH, HE HAD AN AIRSPEED OF 75 TO 80 KTS WITH 30 DEG OF FLAPS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT SLID OFF THE DEPARTURE END & STRUCK A PECAN TREE. THE RECOMMENDED FINAL APCH SPEED WITH 40 DEG OF FLAPS WAS 60 KTS. THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE SHOULD HAVE USED ALL OF THE STRIP FOR THE LNDG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46233](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46233-2006-07-21), registration cancelled 2006-07-21, S/N 17257126, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Registry model: [Cessna 172I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (registry code 2072426) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17257126
- Airframe hours: 2385
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: South Alabama Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner: Argent K Hare
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 10, 1987, 13 hours before
- Airport: Farrar Flying Service, runway 18, 2,500 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 150 total, 21 in this make and model, 125 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 79 °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 19870709034249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870709034249A), Jul 9, 1987: Cessna 172I, Goodway, AL, Substantial damage. Too high and fast landed halfway down the wet runway and ran off the end in to a pecan tree. Then slid into 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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