- Date
- July 7, 1985, 11:36 local (17:36 UTC)
- Place
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53410Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850707029809A
- Case key
- 16720
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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.
Analysis
During a pleasure flt, with his parents as pax, the plt decided to demonstrate a glide down to aprx 500 ft AGL. When he added power for recovery, he stalled the acft. Before complete recovery was possible, the acft struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53410
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274747
- Airframe hours
- 1,294
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seven Bar Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Q64 · Albuquerque, NM
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 542 total · 22 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 5 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.