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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172G · Ridgeland, SC · July 20, 1989

Date
July 20, 1989 · 14:00 local
Place
Ridgeland, SC
Airport
Ridgeland Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4254L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL89FA182
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total52 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Near gross weight and hot day. Settled on liftoff,continued in nose high climbout to clear trees,stalled and crashed

As the FAA filed it

NEAR GROSS WEIGHT AND HOT DAY.SETTLED ON LIFTOFF,CONTINUED IN NOSE HIGH CLIMBOUT TO CLEAR TREES,STALLED AND CRASHED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.