Cessna 172N accident near Perry, Georgia, November 7, 2005
On November 7, 2005 at about 4:00 pm local time, a Cessna 172N, registered N3015E, was substantially damaged in an accident near Perry, Georgia (Perry Houston Co. Airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a touch-and-go landing on initial takeoff climb, resulting in a hard landing on the departure runway.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 7, 2005 · about 4:00 pm local time
- Place
- Perry, Georgia · Perry Houston Co. Airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · all 172Ns on the register
- Registration
- N3015E · registry record · serial 17271404
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
According to the student pilot she was on her first solo supervised instructional flight. Her flight instructor had informed her to remain in closed traffic for runway 36 and complete three full stop landings. The student pilot departed and completed the first full stop landing and departed again. She made her second landing and initiated a touch-and-go. The airplane reached about 150 feet and the student pilot remembered her flight instructor wanted her to make a full stop landing. The student pilot pulled the throttle back, the airplane stalled, and landed hard on the runway.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Crew member
- Certificate: student
- Flight time: 21 hours in all; 21 in this make and model; 19 in the last 90 days; 12 in the last 30 days
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,726 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, September 1, 2005; 47 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,300 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming O-320-H2AD (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: KPXE Perry GA at 4:59 pm
- Destination: KPXE
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 36, 4,998 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,800 ft
- Temperature: 90°F (32°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter: 30.17 inHg
- Observation at 11:53 am from KMCN
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N3015E the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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