# Accident 19990115000539A: Cessna 175, Moses Lake, WA, January 15, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1999, 17:33 local time
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Airport: Moses Lake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5697° N, 122.6302° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5697&lon=-122.6302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9326B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9326B-2013-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 35 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990115000539A

## Narrative

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

(.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.

## 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 SEA99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA030), Jan 16, 1999: Cessna 175 (N9326B), Moses Lake, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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