# Accident 20190223016349A: Cessna 172S, Mansfield, MA, February 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Mansfield Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: H7ZS
- Location: 42.0044° N, 71.1997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0044&lon=-71.1997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224TA-2019-04-22) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 154 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190223016349A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA19FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA107), Feb 23, 2019: Cessna 172 (N224TA), Mansfield, MA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain airplane control during initial climb after a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an…

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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