ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226773
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 July 2019 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1516E |
| MSN: | 172 71030 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5072 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Montville, Waldo County, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Belfast, ME (BST) |
| Belfast, ME (BST) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he had performed a practice candy drop pass over a field about 300 ft above ground level. He then initiated a climbing 30º banked, right turn to circle back to the field and "neglected [the] airspeed," and the airplane aerodynamically stalled, descended, struck trees, and impacted the ground inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a low-altitude climbing turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2019 00:35 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Jul-2019 13:04 | Geno | Updated [Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2019 14:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 05-Jul-2019 23:51 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2019 23:51 | Captain Adam | Updated [Damage] |
| 19-Apr-2020 17:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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