- Date
- June 12, 1989, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madison Heights, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7605TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890612059119A
- Case key
- 11507
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Probable cause
Student pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed during the landing attempt which resulted in the initiation of a go-around. Contributing factors to the accident were the pilot's poor preflight planning and his becoming disoriented during the flight. Also contributing was the low fuel level and the pilot's lack of total experience.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7605T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47205
- Airframe hours
- 1,907
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William G. Arey, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- W13 · Waynesboro, VA
- Destination
- W13 · Waynesboro, VA
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LYN, 8 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.