- Date
- August 19, 1987, 21:15 local (Aug 20, 1987, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Clear, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5530TCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870819047019A
- Case key
- 4893
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Overconfidence in aircraft's abilityFactor
Go-around - misjudgedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that he elected to go-around and during the go-around he lost control of the aircraft causing the plane to stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5530T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251430
- Airframe hours
- 4,363
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carl H. Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1987 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- 5MK · Mt Mckinley, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- runway 20, 2,600 × 60 ft, gravel
N5530TRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2005 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 90 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5530T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.