ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133952
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Date: | Friday 22 March 1996 |
Time: | 12:47 |
Type: | Cessna 172M |
Owner/operator: | Wright Flyers, Inc. |
Registration: | N73356 |
MSN: | 17267397 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6882 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fredericksburg, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | SAT |
Destination airport: | T82 |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On March 22, 1996, at 1247 central standard time, a Cessna 172M, N73356, registered to Wright Flyers Inc., and operated by Wright Flyers Aviation Inc., under Title 14 CFR Part 91, was destroyed following a loss of control during landing near Fredericksburg, Texas. The private pilot sustained serious injuries and his passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross country flight that originated at San Antonio International Airport near San Antonio, Texas, approximately 52 minutes before the accident. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight.
According to a pilot who witnessed the landing on runway 14, "his approach was too low, shallow, and slow." The witness further reported that he didn't think the aircraft "would reach the runway", and as the aircraft did reach the runway it was beginning "to rock indicating he was about to stall." The pilot stated in his report, that he advanced full throttle and "initiated a go around to abort the landing." He reported that the stall horn "went off momentarily and the plane dropped hard on the right wheel and bounced back up in the air."
The winds, at the time of the accident, were reported between 150 and 160 degrees, at 14 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The temperature was 75 degrees.
The pilot further stated that during the ensuing attempted go-around, "the stall horn began to sound again." The aircraft impacted the ground, and a post-impact fire destroyed the airplane.
The pilot reported on his Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report that he had a total of 94.9 hours of flight experience and 2.4 hours during the last 90 days. He further stated that this was a "pleasure flight."
PROBABLE CAUSE:failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach and go-around, which resulted in a stall and subsequent collision with the ground. Factors relating to the accident were: the high, gusty, crosswind conditions, and the pilot's lack of recent experience.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001208X05405
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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