ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 259809
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 May 2021 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6344E |
| MSN: | 46444 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7736 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW of Johnson City Airport (0A4), TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Greenville Municipal Airport, TN (GCY/KGCY) |
| Johnson City, TN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was returning to his home airport from a cross-country solo flight. The winds were favoring the opposite direction runway, and he touched down 'a little fast' with 20º of flaps extended about 1,000 feet down the 3,000-foot-long runway. He applied the brakes and the airplane veered to the right (he thought the left brake had failed). He then shut off the carburetor heat, retracted the flaps, and added power to abort the landing with about 300 feet of pavement remaining. He was able to get airborne before the end of the runway but was in ground effect. The airplane flew over a road, impacted a tree with the right wing while airborne, hit a truck, and the corner of a detached garage. The airplane then rolled a short distance, nosed over, and came to rest. The airplane's fuselage, wings, and empennage were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. Postaccident testing revealed that both the left and right wheel brakes were functional.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's excessive airspeed during the landing approach and his delayed remedial action, which resulted in the airplane striking obstacles during an aborted landing. Contributing was the pilot's decision to land with a tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA21LA214
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6344E
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2021 23:50 | Geno | Added |
| 13-May-2021 05:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2021 11:56 | harro | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Jul-2022 06:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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