- Date
- April 20, 1991, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Huntsville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5536ECessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910420011609A
- Case key
- 23327
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor was the emphasis placed upon full-stall landings by his instructor.
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 established the flare in a nose high attitude. The airplane was configured with full flaps. A gust ballooned the airplane at which time the pilot applied partial power in an attempt to recover. Airplane directional control was lost, it dragged a wingtip and nosed over. The pilot stated that his flight training had stressed full stall landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5536E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271885
- Airframe hours
- 3,647
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wade Gillaspie, doing business as Huntsville Aviation
- Registered owner
- Wade Gillaspie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1991 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- OCH · Nacadoches, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- T39 · Huntsville, runway 36, 5,000 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 39 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5536E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.