# Accident 19960719018819A: Cessna 172, Midas, NV, July 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1996, 11:34 local time
- Place: Midas, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0405° N, 117.1799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0405&lon=-117.1799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1958D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1958D-1997-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719018819A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 LAX96LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA278), Jul 19, 1996: Cessna 172 (N1958D), Midas, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the 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…

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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