- Date
- October 13, 1985, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N64142Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851013051439A
- Case key
- 24997
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with the ground during an attempted landing. The plt used full flaps in a x-wind of 16-21 KTS. Two attempts were made to align the acft with the rwy before a pull-up in a 45 degree climb bank to the rt resulted in a stall & crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64142
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265044
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Aero
- Registered owner
- William A.Newburn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAT · Fresno, CA
- Airport
- 045 · Nut Tree, runway 1, 3,800 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 16 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUU, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.