- Date
- September 29, 1991, 13:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Grayson, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10PTCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910929043569A
- Case key
- 11708
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during the attempted go-around.
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
During an attempted go-around from a private airstrip, the pilot tried to avoid some trees located to the left of the runway by making an abrupt turn to the right and the aircraft stalled. The aircraft struck the ground and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10PT
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262522
- Airframe hours
- 2,557
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William G. Stevens
- Registered owner
- William G. Stevens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1991 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- HTS · Chesapeake, OH
- Airport
- HTS · Tri-State Ferguson
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,753 total · 150 in this make and model · 2,623 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTS, 999 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.