Cessna 172H N3767R

Summary

On 12 September 1993 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 172H registered N3767R was involved in an accident near Liberty, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 September 1993 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Liberty, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

McGehee Air Park (23H)

Coordinates

31.1600, -90.7999

Aircraft

Cessna 172H

Registration

N3767R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Natchez → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA93FA194

1 person died.

THE PILOT'S DELAYED GO-AROUND AND FAILURE TO RETRACT THE FLAPS IN A TIMELY MANNER. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGMENT OF DISTANCE AND SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN OVERSHOOTING THE APPROACH, AND THE EXISTENCE OF POWER LINES CROSSING DIRECTLY OVER THE RUNWAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE GO-AROUND FLIGHT PROFILE WITH FULL FLAPS EXTENDED AND THE LOCATION OF THE WIRES MOST LIKELY LED TO AN EVASIVE MANEUVER AND INADVERTENT STALL INTO THE WIRES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36. THE APPROACH WAS DESCRIBED AS FAST AND HIGH. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE. AN INCREASE IN ENGINE POWER WAS HEARD AND A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP 10-15 DEG, AND A LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED AT AN ESTIMATED 20-30 DEG BANK ANGLE. THE FLAPS WERE FULL DOWN, AND THE AIRSPEED WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING CLOSE TO A STALL. THE AIRPLANE PASSED OVERHEAD THE WITNESS AND CRASHED. IT HAD COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE IN A LEFT WING LOW, NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. POWER LINES CROSS THE RUNWAY 1,325 FT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RUUNWAY, 50 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE POWER LINES HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1953 OR EARLIER. THE CESSNA 172 OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THAT DURING A GO-AROUND THE FLAP SETTING SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 20 DEG IMMEDIATELY AFTER FULL POWER IS APPLIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.