# Accident 20050902022579A: Cessna 172, Yuma, AZ, September 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2005, 08:28 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6564° N, 114.6058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6564&lon=-114.6058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5070A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5070A-2007-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 640 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050902022579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT AND THE NON-PILOT PASSENGER WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8 BY THE TOWER. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS FROM 080 DEGREES AT 6 KTS. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL PITCH UP, LEVEL OFF, THE PITCH DOWN AND IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. A NEARBY WITNESS WHO IS ALSO AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC STATED HE DID NOT HEAR THE ENGINE INCREASE RPM AT ANY POINT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE 133 FEET SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD AND SKIDDED FORWARD 192 FEET. THE PILOT, THOUGH INJURED, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER WAS UNABLE TO EXIT, WAS SEVERELY BURNED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE, AND LATER PERISHED. THE PILOT LATER STATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING A FULL-FLAP LANDING. ON SHORT FINAL HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING TOO FAST AND ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND. HE TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND THAT RESULTED IN A STALL. HE TOLD THE FAA INVESTIGATOR THAT "SOMETHING BUMPED HIM" DURING THE GO-AROUND ATTEMPT THAT CAUSED HIM TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE AND STALL.

## 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 LAX05LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA286), Sep 2, 2005: Cessna 172 (N5070A), Yuma, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed on short final, 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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