- Date
- July 23, 1992, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12921Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920723026879A
- Case key
- 11827
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed to outclimb obstacles.
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 was landing on runway 33 when, according to a witness, the airplane touched down nose gear first and bounced back into the air. The airplane descended and touched down again, partially off the left side of the runway. The witness stated that the pilot added some power and was holding the airplane in a nose high attitude while climbing slowly with the flaps full down. The witness reported that as the airplane approached trees past the runway end, the airplane turned left and headed downwind, still in a high pitch attitude before it descended and crashed. According to the pilot, after he unsuccessfully tried to land, and with insufficient runway remaining, he applied full power to takeoff. As he was climbing he turned to avoid trees past the runway end. He tried to gain airspeed, but the airplane collided with trees and nosed into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12921
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262373
- Airframe hours
- 3,601
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benjamin Mallory
- Registered owner
- Benjamin Mallory
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1992 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- WV12 · So Charleston, WV
- Airport
- WV12 · Mallory, runway 33, 1,909 × 25 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 8 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRW, 1 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.