# Accident 20180818024719A: Cessna 172S, Addison, TX, August 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2018, 16:22 local time
- Place: Addison, TX
- Airport: Addison Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3USS
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N893JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N893JA-2020-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 60 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818024719A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN A SAFE FLYING SPEED ON CLIMB OUT.

## 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 CEN18LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA344), Aug 18, 2018: Cessna 172 (N893JA), Addison, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flap setting for takeoff and subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing was the overgross state of the…

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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