# NTSB MIA96LA143: Cessna 172D, N2814U, Vilarica, GA, May 20, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 20, 1996, 18:59 local (22:59 UTC) - Place: Vilarica, GA - Coordinates: 33.729576, -84.919158 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7296&lon=-84.9192&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report July 11, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38021 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96LA143 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38021/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA143 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) during a go-around resulting in an in-flight loss of control (inadvertent stall), and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper use of flaps. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - airspeed(vso) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The airplane was observed making a touch and go landing with full flaps, and drifted right into the grass on landing rollout. The student pilot made a go-around with full flaps. The airplane reached an altitude of about 75 feet, stalled, and collided with terrain. ## Factual narrative On May 20, 1996, about 1859 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172D, N2814U, registered to Stockmar Aviation Services Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed during a go-around in the vicinity of Vilarica, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot sustained minor injuries. The flight originated about 39 minutes before the accident. A certified flight instructor who observed the accident stated the student pilot made a full flap landing to runway 28. The airplane drifted right into the grass. The student pilot made a go-around with full flaps. The airplane reached an altitude of about 75 feet, stalled, and collided with the trees. Review of balked landing checklist procedures for the Cessna 172D, requires the pilot to retract the flaps when altitude permits. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2814U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2814U-1997-02-24), registration cancelled 1997-02-24, S/N 17250414 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172D - Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17250414 - Airframe hours: 5649 - Engines: Continental O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Stockmar Aviation Services Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1996, 57 hours before - Departed: 20GA - Airport: 20GA, Stockmar, runway 28, 4,000 × 25 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 12 total, 8 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: FTY, 30 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 19960520010909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960520010909A), May 20, 1996: Cessna 172D, Villa Rica, CA, Destroyed. After touch and go landing, din't retract flaps, lost directional control, stalled and hit trees on left of runway. ## Other investigations on N2814U (1) 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. - [NTSB MIA71DKG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71DKG95), Jun 13, 1971: Cessna 172 (N2814U), Dublin, GA, substantial damage 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.