# NTSB MIA08CA018: Cessna 172, N5803A, McKinnon, TN, November 18, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 18, 2007, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: McKinnon, TN
- Coordinates: 36.316665, -87.916664
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3167&lon=-87.9167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67093
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67093/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA018

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to perform a go around.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

The pilot stated that the airplane's approach was a little high for runway 8. The airplane was traveling about 70 mph when it touchdown on the runway. A gust of wind lifted the airplane. When the airplane touchdown a second time, there was little runway remaining. He considered executing a go around but saw the power lines beyond the runway and wasn't sure the airplane could clear them. He elected to cut engine power and stop; more so, to utilize the overrun grass area past the end of the runway if needed. Approximately 100 feet into the overrun area, the airplane nosed into a large ditch and flipped onto its back. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated the airplane's approach was a little high for runway 8. The airplane was traveling about 70 mph when it touchdown on the runway. A gust of wind lifted the airplane. When the airplane touchdown back down on the ground, little runway distance remained. He considered executing a go around but saw the power lines beyond the runway and wasn't sure the airplane could clear them. He elected to cut engine power and stop; more so, to utilize the overrun grass area past the end of the runway if needed. Approximately 100 feet into the overrun area, the airplane nosed into a large ditch and flipped onto its back. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5803A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5803A-2013-07-19), registration cancelled 2013-07-19, S/N 28403, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28403
- Engines: Continental O-300 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jerry Whitehead
- Registered owner: Sam Goodman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: MRC, Mount Pleasant, TN
- Destination: MP#, McKinnon, TN
- Airport: KM93, Houston County, runway 8, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 800 total, 10 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.17 inHg
- Observed at: KHOP

## 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 20071118828019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071118828019A), Nov 18, 2007: Cessna 172, Mc Kinnon, TN, Substantial damage. (-23) On second approach, pilot stated that he "was in a high flare with extra speed and short on runway." Aircraft departed the end of 08 runway by…

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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