19990115000539A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 175 · Moses Lake, WA · January 15, 1999

Date
January 15, 1999 · 17:33 local
Place
Moses Lake, WA
Airport
Moses Lake Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9326B
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA99LA030
Reported as
Cessna 175
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
122 total35 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(.19) On January 15, 1999, about 1733 pacific standard time, a Cessna 175, N9326B, registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR 91 personal flight, was substantially damaged when it collided with the ground during a go-around to the Moses Lake Municipal Airport, Moses Lake Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The private pilot sustained minor injuries and his passenger sustained serious injures. There was no fire, and no report of an ELT actuating. The flight originated from the Moses Lake airport approximately one hour and twenty minutes prior to the accident. During a telephone interview, the pilot stated that while on final approach, the stall warning horn sounded an a go-around was initiated. The pilot stated that the next thing he recalled was colliding with the ground, approximately midfield and 25 feet east of the runway. (-23) no narrative.

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON JANUARY 15, 1999, ABOUT 1733 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 175, N9326B, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING A GO-AROUND TO THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MOSES LAKE WASHINGTON. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURES. THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND NO REPORT OF AN ELT ACTUATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE MOSES LAKE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED AN A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE NEXT THING HE RECALLED WAS COLLIDING WITH THE GROUND, APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD AND 25 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY. (-23) NO NARRATIVE.

NTSB investigation

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