# NTSB MIA98LA233: Cessna 172F, N7832U, Spring Hill, FL, August 30, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 30, 1998, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Spring Hill, FL - Coordinates: 28.370512, -82.509315 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3705&lon=-82.5093&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 11, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 43810 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98LA233 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43810/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA233 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudgment of distance and his delay in initiating a go around. Contributing was the pilot's improper landing flare. ## Analysis The aircraft floated during landing flare and touched down over half the way down the 3,700-foot runway. The pilot initiated a go-around, but aborted the go-around when he realized the aircraft would not clear trees and telephone wires at the end of the runway. The aircraft could not be stopped on the remaining runway and collided with a dirt bank and nosed after overrunning the runway. ## Factual narrative On August 30, 1998, about 1730 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172F, N7832U, registered to Hartford Holding Corporation, collided with a dirt mound when it overran the runway during landing at Pilot Country Airport, Spring Hill, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Spring Hill, the same day, about 1700. The pilot stated he was performing a touch-and-go landing and the aircraft floated and touched down over half the way down the runway. He elected to make a go-around. When the aircraft would not climb to clear trees and telephone wires at the end of the runway, he aborted the go-around. The aircraft touched back down on the runway and he was unable to stop the aircraft before overrunning the runway. The aircraft collided with a dirt bank and nosed over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause) - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment - Nose over, landing - roll ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7832U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7832U), registered now, S/N 17251832, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172F - Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17251832 - Airframe hours: 3246 - Engines: Continental O-300D 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Barrett A. Bailey - Registered owner: Hartford Holding Corp. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1997, 23 hours before - Departed: X05 - Airport: X05, Pilot Country, runway 18, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 792 total, 250 in this make and model, 792 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: TPA, 20 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 19980830022539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980830022539A), Aug 30, 1998: Cessna 172F, Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. The acraft floated during landing flare and touched down over half the way down the 3,700 foot runway. The Pilot initiated a go-around, but aborted when he… ## Other investigations on N7832U (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 FTW67F0195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0195), Sep 2, 1966: Cessna 172F (N7832U), Lubbock, TX, 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.