- Date
- July 3, 1989, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bicknell, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9560HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890703019619A
- Case key
- 17735
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's selection of an unsuitable area (terrain) to land, unfavorable wind, & objects (fence & irrigation sprinkler).
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 private plt and three pax were making a x-country flt. Two of the pax became airsick and the plt elected to land on a paved rural road, to the north, with winds he estimated were calm. He said that during the flare to land (aprx 25 ft AGL), the plane encountered a gust of wind from the right rear, so he raised the flaps and attempted a go-around. The plane settled onto the road, left main landing gear first, which collapsed. The plane then departed the road to the left, struck a fence post and collided with an irrigation system in a field. Two witnesses (about 1/2 mile away) saw the the accident, but they could not confirm any wind gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9560H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266229
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J. Bradley & Kathy Bundy
- Departed
- SGU · St George, UT
- Destination
- U07 · Bullfrog, UT
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 496 total · 496 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N9560H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.