ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354230
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| Date: | Monday 29 June 1998 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Pontiac Flight Service, Inc |
| Registration: | N20043 |
| MSN: | 17260956 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Flushing, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pontiac, MI (KPTK) |
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness reported seeing the airplane approach the runway threshold at a high rate of speed and altitude at an approximate 45-degree descent angle. According to the witness, the airplane pitched up steeply and eventually level off and '...flying at a safe speed.' Other witnesses saw the airplane strike the trees as past near their home. The pilot said the airplane was in ground affect and nearing trees at the runway s departure end. He said he added full power and retracted his flaps until he finished his 5-count. He said the airplane s tires collided with the tress and shortly after that, the airplane stalled and rolled left, descending vertically into the roof of a shed. The pilot said he uses the airspeed indicator and altimeter to help him judge the glide path to landing. He said he aims the airplane s nose at the runway aiming point and flares when the airplane approach is stabilized. Interviews with 2 of the pilots flight instructors revealed they were unable to explain how to to fly a final approach then land the airplane on the first quarter of the runway.
Probable Cause: was a delayed go-around maneuver by the pilot. Factors associated with this accident were the pilot misjudging his final approach altitude and glide path, having inadequate altitude to clear the trees at the end of the runway, and inadequate training on how to fly a final approach and make a landing on the first quarter of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI98LA225
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 March 1993 | N20043 | Pontiac Flying Service | 0 | Romeo, MI | |
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| 10-Mar-2024 20:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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