- Date
- July 19, 1990, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Graceton, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7895GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900719027529A
- Case key
- 14714
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Probable cause
Vso airspeed not maintained and stall encountered by the pilot in command/cfi.
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
While demonstrating a short field landing, the CFI and student pilot landed hard, collapsing the nose wheel, then nosing over. The CFI said that he had insufficient airspeed and the nose dropped when he attempted to flare. The approach end of the pvt sod strip was surrounded by trees and a light cross wind existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7895G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259595
- Airframe hours
- 3,419
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randy G. Schuh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1990 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 27, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,016 total · 4,526 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INL, 50 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.
Other investigations on N7895G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.