- Date
- April 15, 1991, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weatherford, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75759Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910415010599A
- Case key
- 23323
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stalling of the airplane. A factor was the gusty wind.
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 approach, a gust of wind was encountered and the pilot attempted to make a go-around at 50 feet above the ground. As the pilot applied engine power the airplane stalled and fell uncontrollably 50 feet to the ground. The airplane left the runway after turning left 90 degrees and travelled 209 feet until it struck a transformer next to the aircraft parking area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75759
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267930
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jane E. Smith
- Registered owner
- Jane E. Smith
- Departed
- FDR · Frederick, OK
- Airport
- F91 · Weatherford, runway 17, 4,220 × 60 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 554 total · 130 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- 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.