- Date
- March 17, 1990, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montezuma, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N734JECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900317004539A
- Case key
- 8118
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed during the takeoff.
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 instructor pilot was conducting instrument training with the private pilot. Witnesses stated that during takeoff the aircraft appeared to be in a very nose high attitude. The aircraft made a sharp left turn followed by a steep nose down descent and impacted the terrain. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and the post crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734JE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268883
- Airframe hours
- 2,755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lowe Aviation Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 14, 1990 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- MCN · Macon, GA
- Airport
- 53A · Savage Municipal, runway 36, 3,200 × 75 ft
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,620 total · 2,384 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 30 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.