- Date
- April 29, 1990, 16:03 local (20:03 UTC)
- Place
- Jonesboro, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20302Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900429012919A
- Case key
- 8125
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's inadequate preflight and inflight planning, and his delayed climb after execution of a go-around. Contributing factors were his misreading of airfield wind information, his improper utilization of the flaps during climbout, his failure to maintain recommended airspeed, and the subsequent stalling of the airplane.
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
After executing a go-around, the private pilot stalled the airplane and it crashed into a nearby house. The investigation revealed that the pilot had attempted to land with a tailwind of about ten knots, a 2.2 degree upsloping runway, and 60 foot tall trees located near the departure end of the runway. The airplane was near maximum gross weight. The investigation also revealed that the pilot delayed his climbout and prematurely raised the flaps during the go-around. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20302
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261175
- Airframe hours
- 4,465
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn E. Latimer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1989 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- 9A7 · Jonesboro, GA
- Airport
- 9A7 · South Expressway, runway 6, 2,980 × 30 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 256 total · 215 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 9 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.