- Date
- April 13, 1985, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7245QCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850413014269A
- Case key
- 24694
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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
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Underconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Stall
Analysis
This was the return leg of a student plt solo x-country flt. On landing the acft stalled 15 ft above the rwy and the left wing contacted the rwy. The plt stated he was perhaps over confident in his flying ability.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7245Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260545
- Airframe hours
- 3,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warren Blanchard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Airport
- PGA · Page Muni, runway 33, 5,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 61 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 19 °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.