- Date
- October 24, 1993, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Woodville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N317BBCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931024040529A
- Case key
- 18957
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain control of the aircraft during an 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
During flare for landing, the aircraft drifted right and the pilot added full power in an attempt to abort the landing. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the aircraft settled into trees off the right side of the runway.
Factual narrative
On October 24, 1993, at approximately 1230 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N317BB, was substantially damaged when it collided with trees during an attempted go around at Tyler County Airport, Woodville, Texas. The pilot was not injured, but his two passengers received minor injuries. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this personal flight which departed from Beaumont, Texas, at 1150.
The following is based on the attached Pilot/Operator report: When the airplane was flared for landing, the nose turned to the right and the pilot added power to go around. The nose then pitched up and the pilot felt resistance to nose down inputs. The aircraft touched down, struck a runway edge light, became airborne, and settled into trees off the right side of the runway.
Examination of the aircraft by an Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed no flight control abnormalities or other system or airframe pre-impact discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N317BB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270258
- Airframe hours
- 4,777
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beaumont Wings
- Registered owner
- David F. Warner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 21, 1993 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- BMT · Beaumont, TX
- Airport
- 09R · Tyler County, runway 34, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 14 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFX, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.