# NTSB FTW83LA397: Cessna 172P, N55122, Fort Worth, TX, August 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1983, 08:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.859828, -97.209136 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8598&lon=-97.2091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA397
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21029/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA397

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY DURING LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SOLO STUDENT PLT WAS HIGH AND FAST DURING HIS APPROACH TO THE 2500 FT STRIP FOR LANDING. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS LONG AND LED TO THE OVERRUN. THE WIND WAS CALM. THE PLT SAID HE SHOULD HAVE USED FULL FLAPS INSTEAD OF 20 DEGREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55122](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55122-1994-11-23), registration cancelled 1994-11-23, S/N 17275115 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275115
- Airframe hours: 553
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Metro Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 30, 1982, 73 hours before
- Airport: F70, Mangham, runway 17, 2,500 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 19 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

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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