# Accident 19960804020689A: Cessna 172M, Cincinnati, OH, August 4, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1996, 17:01 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunke
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1030° N, 84.4176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1030&lon=-84.4176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172PS-1997-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960804020689A

## Narrative

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

ON SOLO TOUCH AND GO LANDING STUDENT FLARED TOO HIGH. ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND AND STALLED. VEERED LEFT HIT GROUND. (-23) DURING STUDENT FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND ON RUNWAY 21L AT LUNKEN AIRPORT (LUK). PILOT APPLIED POWER BUT PITCHED UP TOO HIGH AND STALLED AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 50'. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, STUDENT PILOT SUFFERED MINOR CUTS & BRUISES AND WAS TREATED ATA LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 IAD96LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA125), Aug 4, 1996: Cessna 172M (N172PS), Cincinnati, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the student pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed during an attempted go-around, which resulted in a stall/spin and an uncontrolled collision with the ground. A factor related to the…

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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