- Date
- July 26, 1988, 20:05 local (Jul 27, 1988, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Neillsville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5700ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880726028049A
- Case key
- 14122
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Procedures/directives - disregardedFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - uncontrolledCause
Lack of recent experience in type operationFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5700A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28300
- Airframe hours
- 2,073
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Garbisch
- Registered owner
- Paul C Garbisch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Dellwood, WI
- Destination
- VIQ
- Airport
- VIQ · Neillsville Muni, runway 27, 3,000 × 60 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 200 in this make and model · 510 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUW, 43 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.