- Date
- July 10, 1988, 13:12 local (17:12 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80943Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880710025889A
- Case key
- 13952
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Probable cause
Pilot's inadequate aircraft handling during the approach to landing and landing flare phase of flight. The pilot's failure to recognize and avoid a situation from which it was impossible-due to the weight of the aircraft, the amount of power available from the engine, and the presence of obstacles in the flight path- to achieve and maintain an adequate airspeed and rate of climb, resulted in the aircraft's stall/mush and descent into a wooded residential area.
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 2 fnt seat occupants were plts & were taking turns at flying the acft on altn legs of the flt. After refueling, they depd fremont with the co-owner of the acft in the rgt fnt seat, the otr plt (PIC) in the left fnt seat & 2 pax in the rear seats. When they arrived at Holland, the air was turbulent. Drg the lndg, the acft bounced & ballooned. The PIC initiated a go-around, but gusts of wind blew the acft to the rgt. According to the co-owner, the airspeed was not increasing after lift-off & the stall warning horn was sounding. Subsequently, the acft struck a tree, then crashed in a residentual area, hitting a house before coming to rest in the backyard. Physical evidence indcd the flaps were extended 10 to 20 degs when the acft crashed. The acft wt was estimated to be slightly less than the max limit of 2300 lbs when it crashed. Aprx 27 mi northwest, at muskegon, MI, the 1350 EDT wind was from 210 deg at 19 gusting 28 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80943
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-66811
- Airframe hours
- 2,673
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David G. Raymond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 3FM · Fremont, MI
- Destination
- HLM
- Airport
- HLM · Park Township, runway 23, 3,075 × 50 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 233 total · 75 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 19 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 27 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.