- Date
- July 22, 1989, 17:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52896Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890722024639A
- Case key
- 8048
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper go-around procedure of fully retracting the flaps which resulted in the airplane mushing into trees. Contributing factor(s) was: a misjudgement of flare height above the runway and failure to remove the carburetor heat which may have prevented the availability of full power.
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 student pilot reported that he had practiced touch & go landings for about 50 minutes. His final approach was for a practice soft field landing, with full flaps extended, to runway 24. When he flared to land the airplane ballooned, and he initiated a go-around and retracted the flaps to 10 degrees. The airplane would not climb and drifted to the left into trees. The flap selector was found in the retracted position, and the carburetor heat control was in the 'on' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52896
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274631
- Airframe hours
- 2,530
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Schmidt Aviation
- Registered owner
- Mirko M. Nussbaum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 15, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- I77 · Blue Ash, runway 24, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 82 total · 62 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 10 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.