# Accident 20060831018539A: Cessna 172P, Spanish Springs, NV, August 31, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2006, 19:10 local time
- Place: Spanish Springs, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6772° N, 119.8272° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6772&lon=-119.8272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97306, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97306-2008-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 700 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060831018539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT N86, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ DETERMINED DURING THE FLARE TO LANDING, WITH FULL FLAPS, THAT HE SHOULD EXECUTE A GO-AROUND DUE TO HIS UNCERTAINTY OF THE LENGTH OF REMAINING RUNWAY. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUGGLED TO REMAIN AIRBORNE. THE PILOT FEATHERED (RAISED FLAPS) UP ONE NOTCH TO GAIN AIRSPEED AND EXPERIENCED SOME LOSS OF LIFT. PILOT LOWERED NOSE AND TRIED TO FLY IN A SLIGHT DESCENT TO PICK UP AIRSPEED. AS AIRCRAFT STARTED A SHALLOW CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE ROOF OF AN UNOCCUPIED HOUSE AND CAME TO REST IN THE ATTIC OF THE STRUCTURE. NO FIRE EXPERIENCED. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL TO BE IN THE FULL ON POSITION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WITH THE HOUSE. THE CONFIGURATION OF FULL CARBURETOR HEAT, MIXTURE CONTROL FULL RICH, FULL FLAPS, COUPLED WITH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND 323 LBS OF GEAR/BAGGAGE IN AFT SECTION OF AIRCRAFT, WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THAT PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEVELOP FULL CLIMB POWER DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE OF AN AFT C.G. SITUATION INDICATED BY CONSIDERABLE NOSE DOWN TRIM ON THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB POSITION.

## 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 LAX06CA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA281), Sep 1, 2006: Cessna 172P (N97306), Spanish Springs, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to initiate a timely go-around and to attain an adequate climb rate. Factors in the accident were the high density altitude and the likely quartering tail wind that may have…

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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