# NTSB CHI88LA174: Cessna 172, N5700A, Neillsville, WI, July 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1988, 20:05 local (Jul 27, 1988, 01:05 UTC)
- Place: Neillsville, WI
- Location: 44.5603° N, 90.5916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neillsville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5603&lon=-90.5916&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14122
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14122/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA174

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - procedures/directives - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5700A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5700A-1996-01-24), registration cancelled 1996-01-24, S/N 28300 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28300
- Airframe hours: 2073
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880726028049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880726028049A), Jul 26, 1988: Cessna 172, Neillsville, WI, Destroyed. Engine failed during a low pass over the runway. Indicates aircraft stalled in a right turn and impacted ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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