- Date
- June 6, 1990, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chandeleur Isld, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1071SCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900606018929A
- Case key
- 23137
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Probable cause
Minimum airspeed required for flight (vs) was not maintained. Contributing factors were the pilot's fatigued condition, and premature lift off.
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 was attempting to takeoff from the rough, sandy beach. He lifted the nose gear off prematurely to avoid damaging the nose gear fairing. After lift-off, he overcontrolled the airplane and allowed it to stall. The wing dragged the ground and the airplane cartwheeled into the water, inverted. The pilot stated that he was fatigued due to lack of sleep the night before.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1071S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270503
- Airframe hours
- 5,009
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stringer, John D.
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1989 · 59 hours before
- Destination
- GPT · Gulfport, MS
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 789 total · 535 in this make and model · 789 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 15 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.