- Date
- April 29, 1990, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lambertville, MI
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62032Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900429013019A
- Case key
- 14660
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the aborted landing.
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 pilot stated that his attention was diverted by a sick rear seat passenger, and he came in high and fast on his approach to landing. When the aircraft bounced on landing, the pilot added full power to abort the landing. He reported that when he had a positive rate of climb, he attempted to incrementally raise flaps, but inadvertently retracted them completely 'because of adrenalin.' The aircraft settled to the ground on the left side of the runway, and impacted the ground left wing tip first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62032
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275199
- Airframe hours
- 2,569
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Suburban Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Suburban Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 23, 1990 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- 5G9 · Toledo Suburban, runway 9, 3,928 × 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 16 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 22,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 11 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.