- Date
- August 28, 1988, 12:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4156FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880828035449A
- Case key
- 11434
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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
According to the pilot the landing approach for runway 22 was made over power lines. He stated that during the approach the stall warning horn activated and he increased power to maintain 60 mph with 20 degs of flaps. Once estimating that his intended point of touchdown could be reached, he reduced the power at which point the airplane 'dropped.' The airplane contacted the terrain in a flat attitude, the nose gear failed and the airplane nosed over coming to rest aprx 60 feet beyond the threshold. The passenger stated that the stall warning activated as the airplane descended to terrain impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4156F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46056
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert W. Davis
- Registered owner
- Robert W Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 1W3 · Cumberland, MD
- Airport
- 2MD8 · Greater Gortner, runway 22, 2,000 × 50 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 16 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGW, 29 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.