# Accident 20080528857659A: Cessna 172M, Big Bear City, CA, May 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2008, 11:50 local time
- Place: Big Bear City, CA
- Airport: Big Bear
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2639° N, 116.8561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2639&lon=-116.8561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21134, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21134-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 175 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080528857659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO CLIMB DURING THE GO-AROUND MANEUVER.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER TRANSMISSION LINES AND A TREE PRIOR TO COMING TO REST BETWEEN TWO RESIDENCES.

## 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 SEA08LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA142), May 28, 2008: Cessna 172M (N21134), Big Bear City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while on approach to landing that resulted in a stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the wind shear and the high density altitude condition.

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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