- Date
- March 10, 1990, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bastrop, LA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3530ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900310003739A
- Case key
- 23114
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed for a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable wind condition and turbulence.
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 pilot said he had encountered moderate turbulence with some windshear on the first approach for a touch-and-go landing. He said that on the second approach, windshear was encountered again, the airspeed dropped, and the stall warning horn activated. He applied full power, initiated a climb, and began a slight left turn, then the airplane stalled and contacted the ground before recovery. After he and the passenger egressed from the airplane, it began burning and was demolished by fire. About 18 miles south southwest at monroe, Louisiana, the wind was from 190 degrees at 14 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3530E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271574
- Airframe hours
- 1,753
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mayo, James W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1990 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- 2F8 · Bastrop, LA
- Airport
- 2F8 · Moorehouse Memorial, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 498 total · 4 in this make and model · 445 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 18 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.