- Date
- September 2, 2000, 19:28 local (Sep 3, 2000, 02:28 UTC)
- Place
- North Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739HACessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000902011849A
- Case key
- 50160
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain proper airspeed during the aborted landing go-around which resulted in a stall/mush and impact with terrain.
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
On final approach for landing, the wind blew the aircraft off of runway centerline alignment and the pilot initiated a go-around from 20 - 25 feet agl. After initiating the go-around, the wind blew the aircraft further to the side, and the aircraft kept descending until it contacted the ground in the dirt off the runway. The nose wheel dug into the dirt and the aircraft came to rest about 100 yards off the runway about midfield. The pilot reported he had stalled the aircraft during the attempted go-around and there were no mechanical malfunctions with the aircraft. A special weather observation taken at the time of the accident reported a 70-degree crosswind at 10 knots.
Factual narrative
On September 2, 2000, at 1928 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N739HA, was substantially damaged when the aircraft veered off runway 25 during an aborted landing at the North Las Vegas, Nevada, airport. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The personal flight was operated by the owner under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local area personal flight that departed from North Las Vegas at 1800.
By telephone, on the evening of the accident, the pilot told the Safety Board investigator that his first approach to runway 25 terminated in a low approach and go-around. On the second approach the wind blew the aircraft to the right of the centerline and he again initiated a go-around, this time from 20 - 25 feet agl. After initiating the go-around, the wind blew the aircraft further to the right, and the aircraft kept descending until it contacted the ground in the dirt off the runway. The nose wheel dug into the dirt and the aircraft came to rest about 100 yards north of runway 25 about midfield. A special weather observation taken at North Las Vegas at 1928 reported the wind from 180 degrees at 10 knots.
In his written report to the Safety Board the pilot reported he had stalled the aircraft during attempted go-around and there were no mechanical malfunctions with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739HA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270545
- Airframe hours
- 4,301
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bryan J. Baudais
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 10, 2000
- Departed
- VGT · NV
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegas, runway 25, 5,005 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 5 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VGT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.