# NTSB MIA08CA157: Cessna 172, N6026A, Wingate, NC, August 2, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 2, 2008, 09:20 local (13:20 UTC) - Place: Wingate, NC - Coordinates: 35.053611, -80.449996 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0536&lon=-80.4500&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 22, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 68587 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA157 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68587/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA157 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 30 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna 172, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot of the Cessna 172 stated that he had just completed three touch-and-go landings with his instructor and was ready for his solo flight. The instructor exited the airplane and told the student he would be in radio communication with him during the flight. The student pilot then departed runway 15, a 2,800-foot long, 70-foot wide, asphalt runway, and stayed in the traffic pattern. He said that during landing flare he pulled back too much on the yoke and the airplane ballooned. He attempted a go-around, but lost control of the airplane and collided with a fence. ## Factual narrative The student pilot of the Cessna 172 stated that he had just completed three touch and go landings with his instructor, and was ready for his solo flight. The instructor exited the airplane and told the student he would be in radio communication with him during the flight. The student pilot then departed runway 15, a 2,800-foot long, 70-foot wide, asphalt runway; and stayed in the traffic pattern. He said that during landing flare, he pulled back too much on the yoke and the airplane ballooned. He attempted to go-around, but lost control of the airplane and collided with a fence. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6026A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6026A-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 28626, 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: 28626 - Airframe hours: 2839 - Engines: Continental O-300 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Gregory A. Griffin - Registered owner: Gregory A. Griffin - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2008, 6 hours before - Departed: 1NC6, WINGATE, NC - Destination: 1NC6, WINGATE, NC - Airport: 1NC6, Arant Airport, runway 15, 2,800 × 70 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 41; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 42 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: EQY, 8 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20080802849409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080802849409A), Aug 2, 2008: Cessna 172, Wingate, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) On the morning of the accident the student pilot received pre-solo dual instruction and an endorsement for solo flight. During the subsequent solo flight… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.