- Date
- July 15, 2022, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Kinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5292GCessna 305A
- Defining event
- Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220715022369A
- Case key
- 105518
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during landing resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while on final approach, the airplane was “high”, so he pulled off power to lose altitude and reduce airspeed. As the airplane was nearing the runway, the airplane entered an inadvertent aerodynamic stall. The stall horn sounded as the airplane pitched up, and the left wing lost lift. The airplane collided with terrain in a left-wing low attitude. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The pilot also reported that he did not add power which allowed the airplane to enter a stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5292G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22515
- Built
- 1965
- Engine
- Continental O470-11B, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Doyle Danny G
- Registered owner
- Doyle Danny G
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 2001
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- Priv
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 76
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,187 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,187 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KTKI, 4 nm away
- METAR
- KTKI 151253Z 16005KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP182 T02560206
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 1, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5292G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.