What happened
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History of flight
On February 23, 2019 about 1230 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172S single engine airplane, N224TA, owned and operated by new horizon aviation inc. of warwick, rhode island, was destoyed upon impact with the ground following a stall/spin at low altitude following a failed landing attempt/go-around procedure for runway 32 at Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9), Mansfield, Massachusetts. The occupants of the aircraft, one student and one instructor, sustained fatal injuries. Visual meterorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which was operated under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations part 141.
Surveillance video recorded by 1B9 showed that on the landing attempt, the aircraft floated down the runway and bounced off the runway, with approximately 300 feet of runway left until the displaced threshold. The aircraft then began an attempt of a go around and started a right hand turn. The right hand turned began to tighten as the aircraft passed over the parking ramp at an estimated 200 ft AGL. Witness stated that as the aircraft began to increase the right bank angle, the right wing dropped and the aircraft entered a stall/spin where in impacted the ground in a nose down vertal angle.
As the FAA filed it
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
ON FEBRUARY 23, 2019 ABOUT 1230 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172S SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N224TA, OWNED AND OPERATED BY NEW HORIZON AVIATION INC. OF WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, WAS DESTOYED UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FOLLOWING A STALL/SPIN AT LOW ALTITUDE FOLLOWING A FAILED LANDING ATTEMPT/GO-AROUND PROCEDURE FOR RUNWAY 32 AT MANSFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (1B9), MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT, ONE STUDENT AND ONE INSTRUCTOR, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 141.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO RECORDED BY 1B9 SHOWED THAT ON THE LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY, WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET OF RUNWAY LEFT UNTIL THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN AN ATTEMPT OF A GO AROUND AND STARTED A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE RIGHT HAND TURNED BEGAN TO TIGHTEN AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER THE PARKING RAMP AT AN ESTIMATED 200 FT AGL. WITNESS STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO INCREASE THE RIGHT BANK ANGLE, THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STALL/SPIN WHERE IN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN VERTAL ANGLE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.