- Date
- March 1, 1992, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bainbridge, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N35637Cessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920301009149A
- Case key
- 8562
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on the initial climbout, and the inadvertent stall/mush which resulted. Factors in this accident were: the high obstructions (trees) near the airstrip.
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 private pilot and two passengers were taking off from the 18,00 foot long sod airstrip. Trees were located near the departure end of the runway. As the airplane cleared the trees on the initial climbout, the airplane began to mush. The pilot attempted to turn away from the next line of trees, however, the airplane mushed again, and impacted soft terrain. The nose gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical difficulties with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35637
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256878
- Airframe hours
- 6,743
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Collins, Wesley A.
- Registered owner
- Collins, Wesley A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1991 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Waycaser, runway 19, 1,800 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 413 total · 319 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VAD, 71 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.