- Date
- December 18, 1986, 16:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12841Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861218067939A
- Case key
- 13713
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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
At the completion of a period of instrument training and while returning to the airport of origin the CFI asked the private rated dual student to demonstrate a simulated forced landing to the runway. In an attempt to lose altitude on the final approach the dual student allowed the airspeed to decay during a slipping maneuver and the aircraft stalled. Insufficient altitude remained to allow either the student or the CFI to make a recovery before the aircraft struck small trees and slid through a ditch. The aircraft came to rest short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12841
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262305
- Airframe hours
- 1,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Weiman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1986
- Destination
- C29 · Morey, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 15,353 total · 500 in this make and model · 15,142 as pilot in command · 182 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft unknown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.