- Date
- October 21, 1989, 13:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Del Norte, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1639FCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891021041989A
- Case key
- 17859
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during climb resulting in an inadvertent stall.
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 and a plt rated passenger were practicing touch-and-go landings. The plt said he made a landing and takeoff but could not remember the details of the crash. The pax said the plane seemed slow during the initial climb, then it stalled and the nose fell, striking the dirt runway. There were 2 witnesses on the scene and they reported that the left wing rolled low, then the nose lowered and 'landed hard on the dirt runway.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1639F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1755034
- Airframe hours
- 5,785
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Ecord, doing business as Mountainview Aeromotive
- Registered owner
- Ronald L Ecord
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 25, 1989 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- 8V1
- Destination
- 8V1
- Airport
- 8V1 · Del Norte, runway 20, 6,800 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 697 total · 53 in this make and model · 617 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.