# Accident 19961026033789A: Cessna 172P, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 26, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1996, 09:59 local time
- Place: Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilton
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.7466° N, 64.7032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christiansted, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7466&lon=-64.7032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9818L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9818L-1997-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,313 total, 906 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961026033789A

## Narrative

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

MADE NOSE HIGH STEEP TURN ON CLIMBOUT. STALLED AND SPUN IN. ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IN PILOTS SYSTEM.

## 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 MIA97FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA013), Oct 26, 1996: Cessna 172P (N9818L), St. Croix, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.

## Other reports on N9818L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730202002499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730202002499A), Feb 2, 1973: Cessna 320D (N9818L), Utica, NY, Substantial damage. Nose gr main drive tube P/N0842120-1 bkn. Acft cont gnd handled by pwr equip,contrary to mfg rec.

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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