- Date
- November 6, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7140GCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871106063089A
- Case key
- 7673
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt rptd that the airplane contacted the rwy and bounced twice during the ldg flare. Once he got the airplane on the rwy, he realized that the airspeed was 'too high' for the rwy remaining and attempted to ground loop the airplane to stop it. The airplane subsequently veered off the side of the rwy and impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7140G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258840
- Airframe hours
- 4,772
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vendyl M. Reynolds
- Registered owner
- Vendyl M Reynolds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1987
- Airport
- 84A · Mathis, runway 3, 1,550 × 20 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 26 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.