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FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Midas, NV · July 19, 1996

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Date
July 19, 1996 · 11:34 local
Place
Midas, NV
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1958D
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX96LA278
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total
N1958DRegistration cancelled Jan 21, 1997 · Cessna 172S/N 36519Airframe modelCessna 172

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What happened

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

Flight of 2. First craft had engine problem. Landed open field. Other plane stalled circling area. High density alt (.19) on July 19, 1996, at 1134 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172, N1958D, collided with terrain after an in-flight loss of control near Midas, Nevada. The airplane was destroyed by post impact fire. The pilot received fatal injuries. The airplane was being operated as a personal flight when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The accident airplane was one of two flying from mccall, Idaho, to perris, California, with undetermined en route stops. The other airplane was being flown by the accident pilot's father. The father's airplane was experiencing engine problems and the father made an off-airport precautionary landing in an open field. The father stated that he got out of the airplane with the engine problem and expected his son to land. He observed his son's airplane in a steep turn. He reported that his son appeared to lose control and descend until impacting the ground.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT OF 2. FIRST CRAFT HAD ENGINE PROBLEM. LANDED OPEN FIELD. OTHER PLANE STALLED CIRCLING AREA. HIGH DENSITY ALT (.19) ON JULY 19, 1996, AT 1134 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172, N1958D, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AFTER AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL NEAR MIDAS, NEVADA. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS ONE OF TWO FLYING FROM MCCALL, IDAHO, TO PERRIS, CALIFORNIA, WITH UNDETERMINED EN ROUTE STOPS. THE OTHER AIRPLANE WAS BEING FLOWN BY THE ACCIDENT PILOT'S FATHER. THE FATHER'S AIRPLANE WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND THE FATHER MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE FATHER STATED THAT HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE WITH THE ENGINE PROBLEM AND EXPECTED HIS SON TO LAND. HE OBSERVED HIS SON'S AIRPLANE IN A STEEP TURN. HE REPORTED THAT HIS SON APPEARED TO LOSE CONTROL AND DESCEND UNTIL IMPACTING THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB LAX96LA278Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportMidas, NVthe decision of the pilot to perform a low-level steep turn which resulted in an inadvertent loss of control and subsequent stall/spin. Factors were high density altitude and inadequate altitude for recovery.Jul 19, 1996 · Destroyed