- Date
- January 17, 1985, 17:40 local (Jan 18, 1985, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3820SCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850117002489A
- Case key
- 24637
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Lift-off - prematureCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The student plt over rotated the acft while practicing a soft field takeoff. In an attempt to gain airspeed the acft stalled and impacted the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3820S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251020
- Airframe hours
- 2,894
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brien R. Mcwilliams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984
- Departed
- 24E
- Airport
- 24E · San Corlos, runway 32, 7,200 × 70 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
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 N3820S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.