- Date
- July 26, 1992, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairhope, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2521YCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920726027659A
- Case key
- 8636
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed during final approach which resulted in a stall and an uncontrolled collision with the ground short of the 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 he had completed a local personal flight and was returning to the private sod strip. While on short final to the south runway, the pilot stalled the airplane 15 feet above the ground and crashed short of the runway surface. The pilot stated that he did not experience a mechanical or system malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2521Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249281
- Airframe hours
- 1,850
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lacey, Richard C.
- Registered owner
- Lacey, Richard C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- AL78
- Airport
- PVT · T.J.Klumpp, runway 18, 1,900 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 400 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 2 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.