# Accident 19930528015579A: Cessna 172M, Turlock, CA, May 28, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1993, 19:10 local time
- Place: Turlock, CA
- Airport: Turlock Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4875° N, 120.6796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4875&lon=-120.6796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12857, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12857-2004-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 800 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930528015579A

## Narrative

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

TOO HIGH TWICE FOR LANDING. BANKED SHARPLY FOR ANOTHER RUNWAY AND ENTERED ACCELERATED STALL. FELL INTO TREES.

## 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 LAX93LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA230), May 29, 1993: Cessna 172M (N12857), Turlock, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED.

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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