# NTSB LAX84LA289: Cessna 172, N5654A, Montague, CA, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1984, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Montague, CA
- Coordinates: 41.760677, -122.389282 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7607&lon=-122.3893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24258/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA289

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - flare - improper, dual student (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, dual student (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, dual student
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, dual student
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

AN IMPROPER LDG FLARE BY THE DUAL STUDENT PLT CAUSED THE ACFT TO BALLOON TO 15 TO 20 FT AGL. THE CFI CALLED FOR POWER, BUT THE STUDENT DELAYED ADDING POWER & RAISED THE NOSE. AT THE SOUND OF THE STALL WARNING HORN, A GO-AROUND WAS CALLED FOR BY THE CFI & ATTEMPTED BY THE STUDENT. THE LEFT WING DROPPED & WAS THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT WITH THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5654A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5654A-2013-04-22), registration cancelled 2013-04-22, S/N 28254, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28254
- Airframe hours: 3977
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dennis L. Shoemaker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 3, 1983, 74 hours before
- Airport: 105, Rohrer Field, runway 32, 3,360 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 9,457 total, 525 in this make and model, 9,037 as pilot in command, 170 in the last 90 days, 52 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840512034549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512034549A), May 12, 1984: Cessna 172, Montague, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot made a bad flare for landing and instructor failed to correct mistake.

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.

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