# NTSB DEN83LA051: Cessna 172XP, N736YA, Harmony, WY, January 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Harmony, WY
- Location: 41.1716° N, 105.8633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harmony, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1716&lon=-105.8633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16033
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16033/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,wind direction indicator - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF A PASTURE FIELD DURING A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT HAD DECIDED TO LAND IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO AVOID POWERLINES AND DID NOT CONSIDER DIRECTION OF THE WIND. FULL FLAPS DID NOT SLOW THE ACFT EFFECTIVELY GOING DOWNWIND AND THE ACFT BOUNCED WITH EXCESS SPEED BEFORE STARTING A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT RAN OUT OF LANDING AREA AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N736YA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172XP
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1722883
- Airframe hours: 1554
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-1C 195 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bowman Irrigation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 5, 1983, 73 hours before
- Departed: 82V, PINE BLUFF, WY
- Destination: HARMONY, WY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 42 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19830119001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830119001249A), Jan 19, 1983: Cessna 172P, Harmony, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot overshooting pasture landing downwind, began go around then aborted. Hit a fence and flipped over.

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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