- Date
- January 24, 1989, 18:39 local (23:39 UTC)
- Place
- Mooresville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98990Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890124001189A
- Case key
- 7848
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed on final approach to land, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors related to the accident were: carburetor icing conditions, night conditions, and the pilot's decision to land at an unlighted runway.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during flight, the aircraft developed carburetor ice. He decided to make a short field landing at a nearby airport. Subsequently, while maneuvering to land, the aircraft stalled & impacted the ground. It came to rest about 30 ft from the impact point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98990
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276392
- Airframe hours
- 1,506
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Floyd L. Fulford
- Registered owner
- Fulford, Floyd L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1988 · 1,506 hours before
- Departed
- SVH · Statesville, NC
- Airport
- 8A2 · Miller, Nc, runway 18, 2,060 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 206 total · 49 in this make and model · 173 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.