# NTSB ATL91LA109: Cessna 172M, N12498, Knighdale, NC, June 11, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1991, 23:30 local (Jun 11, 1991, 03:30 UTC)
- Place: Knighdale, NC
- Coordinates: 35.79042, -78.480499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7904&lon=-78.4805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8418
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL91LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8418/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA109

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCH DOWN POINT ON THE RUNWAY AND/OR PERFORM A GO-AROUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle
  - object - aircraft parked/standing
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

AFTER PERFORMING A GO-AROUND, THE PILOT INITIATED A SECOND APPROACH TO LAND AT NIGHT.  ON SHORT FINAL, HE INADVERTENTLY ACCELERATED THE AIRPLANE, AND IT BEGAN TO BALLOON ABOVE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED LONG AND OVERRAN THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT COLLIDED WITH TWO AUTOMOBILES AND A PARKED AIRPLANE, THEN IT HIT A DITCH.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HE HAD PERFORMED A GO-AROUND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SALVAGE THE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12498](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12498-1994-07-12), registration cancelled 1994-07-12, S/N 17262022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262022
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Raleigh East Airport
- Registered owner: Pahnke, R. C. And Wilson, C.
- Departed: GWW, GOLDSBORO, NC
- Airport: W17, Raleigh East, runway 1, 3,000 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 360 total, 50 in this make and model, 266 as pilot in command, 288 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °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 19910610020759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910610020759A), Jun 10, 1991: Cessna 172M, Knightdale, NC, Substantial damage. Ballooned and floated on landing then ran off end runway went through parking lot and collided with ditch and autos

## Other investigations on N12498 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA77DLA68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DLA68), Sep 13, 1976: Cessna 172 (N12498), Laurel Hill, FL, substantial damage

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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