# Accident 19910702025639A: Cessna 172N, Clarence Center, NY, July 2, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1991, 14:45 local time
- Place: Clarence Center, NY
- Airport: Potoczak Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0004° N, 78.6309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0004&lon=-78.6309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733FB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733FB-1994-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910702025639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NEAR GROSS WEIGHT,SHORT GRASS RUNWAY,LIGHT WIND,AND HOT DAY. UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES. STALLED TURNING TO AVOID SAME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC91LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA166), Jul 2, 1991: Cessna C-172 (N733FB), Clarence Center, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED DURING A HEAVY WEIGHT TAKEOFF, RESULTING IN A STALL AND LANDING IN ROUGH TERRAIN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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