Payson Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Payson, Arizona 85541
Sunday, June 10, 1984 7:40 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO GIVE THE PVT PLT A RECURRENCY CHECKRIDE AS REQUIRED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. THE COMMERCIAL RATED CHECK PLT IS NOT A CFI. ACCORDING TO THE CHECK PLT THE PVT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE PVT PLT FLARED TOO HIGH, THE ACFT BOUNCED AND HE FAILED TO RAISE THE FLAPS WHEN GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AT A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK AT A SLOW AIRSPEED. THE CHECK PLT TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND THE ACFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND OFF THE RWY. THE ACFT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND A DITCH. THE WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF LANDINGWERE GUSTY AND BLOWING AS A CROSSWIND IN RELATION TO THE LANDING RUNWAY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/10/1984
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 740
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City PAYSON
Event State ARIZONA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 85541
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PAYSON
Event Location Nearest Airport ID E69
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 5156
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 740
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -18
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 10
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 15
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) 6000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2771
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 26714
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N42FG
NTSB Number LAX84LA347
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model R172E
Aircraft Series Identifier R172E
Aircraft Serial Number R172-0177
Certified Max Gross Weight 2350
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 2 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 44
Airframe Hours 5904
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ARIZONA WING, CIVIL AIR PATROL
Aircraft Owner Street Address NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Aircraft Owner City MAXWELL AFB
Aircraft Owner State AL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 36112
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name ROBERT J SWARTZ
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1407 E HERMOSA
Operator City TEMPE
Operator State AZ
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 85282
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code P16
Departure City MESA
Departure State AZ
Departure Country
Departure Time 710
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code E69
Destination City PAYSON
Destination State AZ
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 24
Runway Length 4900
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --