# NTSB LAX00LA323: Cessna 172N, N739HA, North Las Vegas, NV, September 3, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 2, 2000, 19:28 local (Sep 3, 2000, 02:28 UTC) - Place: North Las Vegas, NV - Coordinates: 36.210258, -115.119789 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2103&lon=-115.1198&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 1, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50160 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA323 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50160/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA323 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command - go-around - attempted, pilot in command - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall/mush - encountered, pilot in command - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739HA-2015-05-15), registration cancelled 2015-05-15, S/N 17270545, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172N - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17270545 - Airframe hours: 4301 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000902011849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902011849A), Sep 2, 2000: Cessna 172N, Las Vegas, NV, No damage. (-23) After being cleared to land on runway 25, N739HA turned final and during his flare, drifted to the right of centerline, out of control, and stalled the… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.