- Date
- January 15, 1989, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N901ZZCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890115000699A
- Case key
- 11488
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing and the failure to achieve sufficient airspeed during the go-around to initiate a climb.
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
This was the pilot's first flight & landing in a Cessna 172 since he checked in this make and model acft. The plt statedhe used full flaps and an approach speed of 60 knots. After touch down the acft began to float and yaw left. The plt applied full power to make a go-around but he could not climb out of ground effect. The acft was going toward the arpt ramp so the plt cut power and the acft touched down about 200 ft left of the rwy where it nosed over when the nose gear collapsed in soft terrain. The plt reported that there was no malfunction of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N901ZZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271266
- Airframe hours
- 5,735
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hanover Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hanover Aviation Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1988 · 79 hours before
- Airport
- W83 · Hanover County, runway 34, 4,650 × 80 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 1 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC, 14 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.