- Date
- June 21, 1985, 20:00 local (Jun 22, 1985, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52789Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850621027429A
- Case key
- 24754
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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
When the plt realized he was low during final apch to a landing, he erroneously decided not to use full flaps instead of adding power, vref was high and the landing was 3/4 of the way down the 2400 ft rwy. Believing he had sufficient room to takeoff again, full power was added, but the close proximity of power lines off the departure end of the rwy influenced the plt to abort the go around. The acft went off the end of the rwy and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52789
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274607
- Airframe hours
- 1,387
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stellar Executive Serv. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Laris Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1984 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- P19 · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- P37
- Airport
- P37 · Glendale Muni, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 120 in this make and model · 19 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) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 15 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.