- Date
- September 4, 1983, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737UGCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830904046249A
- Case key
- 35263
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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
The acft had just completed a go-around and was trying a 2nd time. The acft floated and bounced until a go-around was started about 100 ft before the departure end of the rwy. The pilot stalled over a fence and miniature golf course. The acft was about 100 lbs over max gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737UG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269681
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fitchburg Colonial Aviation In
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Dye
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- FIT · Fitchburg, MA
- Airport
- B09 · Tew Mac, runway 21, 2,830 × 24 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 76 in this make and model · 109 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.