- Date
- July 29, 1992, 12:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76MFCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920729028079A
- Case key
- 11836
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall.
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 returning from a solo cross country when he attempted to land on runway 28. According to the FAA, the airplane touched down once on the left side of the runway. The pilot stated that he tried to go-around; but the airplane veered to the left as he added full power. According to the pilot, he failed to apply right rudder, and as the left wing dropped, he raised the nose of the airplane. The airplane stalled and descended onto the grassy area to the left of the runway into 35-foot tall trees. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76MF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266016
- Airframe hours
- 4,454
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter St. Jean
- Registered owner
- Peter St. Jean
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1992 · 102 hours before
- Departed
- PHD · New Philadelphi, OH
- Airport
- 4I3 · Knox County, runway 28, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 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.