- Date
- May 6, 1990, 12:59 local (17:59 UTC)
- Place
- New Richmond, WI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76089Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900506014019A
- Case key
- 14530
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall/spin. A factor related related to the accident was: the pilot's lack of familiarity with the make and model of aircraft.
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 plt was on his 1st flt after being checked out in the Cessna 172 acft. During an apch with a quartering headwind, he elected to go around. A witness rprtd the acft began a steep climb, then went into a steep right turn. Rprtdly, the acft then entered a stall/spin & impacted the terrain. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76089
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268119
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wings, Inc.
- Departed
- STP · St Paul, MN
- Destination
- RNH
- Airport
- RNH · New Richmond Muni, runway 31, 3,000 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- STP, 26 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.