# NTSB ANC87LA126: Cessna 172, N5530T, Clear, AK, August 20, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1987, 21:15 local (Aug 20, 1987, 05:15 UTC)
- Place: Clear, AK
- Coordinates: 64.299568, -149.149017 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.2996&lon=-149.1490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4893
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4893/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA126

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5530T-2005-08-22), registration cancelled 2005-08-22, S/N 17251430, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17251430
- Airframe hours: 4363
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870819047019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870819047019A), Aug 19, 1987: Cessna 172E, Clear, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot stalled the aircraft on go around. Struck trees after loss of control.

## Other investigations on N5530T (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 ANC01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA054), May 5, 2001: Cessna 172 (N5530T), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, and subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident was an inadvertent stall during an emergency descent/landing.

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.

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