# Accident 20240605007119A: Cessna 172P, Santa Ynez, CA, June 5, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2024, 16:37 local time
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA
- Airport: Santa Ynez
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6082° N, 120.0848° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6082&lon=-120.0848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9567L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9567L-2024-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 112 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240605007119A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT OPERATING A CESSNA 172 ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM KSZP TO KIZA.  AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING, WITH FULL FLAPS EXTENDED. PERFORMED 3 TOUCH AND GOES UPON ARRIVAL OF KIZA. PORPOISED ON FINAL TOUCH AND GO.  POSSIBLE PROP STRIKE ON RUNWAY.  INCREASED POWER TO FULL.  AIRCRAFT WENT NOSE UP.  UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND WENT INTO A FULL POWER-ON STALL.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A VINEYARD APPOXIMATELY 100 YARDS SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.  UPON ARRIVAL TO THE SCENE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND NOSE DOWN WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR.  THE FIREWALL WAS COMPRESSED INTO THE COCKPIT.  THE AIRCRAFT IS BEYOND REPAIR.  THE STUDENT PILOT'S ENDORSEMENTS WERE UP TO DATE .  CFI'S WERE INTERVIEWED.  STUDNET PILOT WAS FOUND COMPETENT BY CFI'S TO PERFORM SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND RECIEVED THE APPROPRIATE SIGN OFFS.

## 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 WPR24LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA181), Jun 5, 2024: Cessna 172P (N9567L), Santa Ynez, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in exceedance of the critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall/spin, with insufficient altitude for recovery. The student pilot’s…

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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