- Date
- July 24, 1993, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cookson, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65709Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930724025449A
- Case key
- 18797
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane bounced on touchdown on the sod strip and the pilot decided to abort the landing. During the abort, the left main gear collided with a fence. The pilot stated that after the collision, he noticed that the airspeed had decayed to forty knots and he decided to stall the airplane into an open pasture.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 1993, at approximately 0750 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N65709, was substantially damaged when it collided with a fence and the ground during an aborted landing near Cookson, Oklahoma. The airplane, flown by a private pilot, was on a personal cross country flight. There was a VFR flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area. Neither the pilot nor the two passengers were injured.
According to the pilot, the airplane bounced on touchdown on the sod strip and he decided to abort the landing. During the abort the left main landing gear collided with a fence. The pilot stated that after the collision, he looked at the airspeed and seeing that he had less than forty knots, decided to stall the airplane. The airplane impacted in an open pasture adjacent to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65709
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275827
- Airframe hours
- 10,391
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Professional Avn. Svc.
- Registered owner
- Hwm Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 21, 1993 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 44M · Tenkiller Lake, runway 5, 2,600 × 50 ft
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 5 in this make and model · 26 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
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.