# NTSB FTW84LA055: Cessna 172M, N9333H, Kurthwood, LA, November 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 12, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Kurthwood, LA
- Location: 31.3374° N, 93.1657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kurthwood, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3374&lon=-93.1657&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21206
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21206/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT & A PASSENGER, WHO WAS ALSO A STUDENT PLT, FLEW TO A PRIVATE SOD STRIP NEAR KURTHWOOD, LA. AFTER FLYING A HI, FAST, VISUAL APCH TO THE STRIP, THE ACFT LANDED LONG & OVERRAN THE LANDING AREA. IT CONTINUED INTO A WOODED AREA & WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT WAS ENDORSED FOR LOCAL SOLO FLTS FROM THE LEESVILLE ARPT, BUT WAS NOT ENDORSED FOR A FLT TO THE PRIVATE STRIP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9333H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266091
- Airframe hours: 1066
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bill Anderson Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 16, 1982
- Departed: LEESVILLE, LA
- Airport: Private, runway 18, 2,200 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °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 19831112057479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112057479A), Nov 12, 1983: Cessna 172M, Kurthwood, LA, Substantial damage. Student with passenger student overshot a Private landing strip into trees. Was not endorsed to land at strip.

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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