# NTSB BFO86FID07: Cessna 172M, N20372, Lynchburg, VA, June 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 6, 1986, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Location: 37.3779° N, 79.1222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALWELL (W24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3779&lon=-79.1222&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11227
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FID07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11227/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FID07

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT AN UNFAMILIAR ARPT DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT BECAUSE A PASSENGER WAS FEELING ILL. THE RWY WAS 2900 FT LONG WITH A 5% UPSLOPE AT MID-FIELD. THE PLT STATED HE MISJUDGED HIS ALT AND AIRSPEED DURING THE APCH. APRX 1/3 THE DISTANCE DOWN THE RWY, THE PLT APPLIED FULL PWR TO GO-AROUND BUT THE ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY AND BOUNCED. THE ACFT THEN VEERED LEFT OFF THE RWY. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT IN THE GRASS AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A TREE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20372](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20372-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 17261233, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17261233
- Airframe hours: 5150
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Atlantic City Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 26, 1985, 30 hours before
- Departed: AIY, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Destination: ROA, ROANOKE, VA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: W24, Falwell, runway 28, 2,900 × 24 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 113 total, 7 in this make and model, 67 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Observed at: ROA

## 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 19860606022209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860606022209A), Jun 6, 1986: Cessna 172M, Lynchburg, VA, Substantial damage. Poor approach to upsloping runway. Bounced, went around with full flaps. Drifted, touched down on grass, hit trees.

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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