- Date
- July 11, 1987, 20:30 local (Jul 12, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quitman, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5594TCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870711040029A
- Case key
- 22399
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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 final approach for landing, the pilot allowed the airspeed to drop. The aircraft stalled at approximately 30 to 40 feet AGL. Substantial damage occurred when the aircraft bounced, cartwheeled and slid to a stop backwards 300 feetbeyond the threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5594T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251494
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1987
- Departed
- GLE · Gainsville, TX
- Airport
- 3T1 · Mineola Quitman, runway 18, 3,400 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 26 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.