- Date
- May 8, 1986, 18:00 local (May 9, 1986, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crescent City, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4450RCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860508087349A
- Case key
- 25154
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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 pilot reported due to severe turbulence he decided to land long. Upon realizing that the airplane was too high he added full flaps. Shortly after touchdown the plt began to lose control of the airplane and elected to takeoff. During the initial climb the airplane did not accelerate and its rate of climb was 'slow.' Realizing that a crash was inevitable the plt elected to 'stall the airplane' into some trees. The plt reported that he did not retract the flaps when he initiated the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4450R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263192
- Airframe hours
- 3,085
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Hupp
- Registered owner
- Mbd Gems, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- O89 · Fall River Mill, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CEC · Jack Mcnamara, runway 29, 5,002 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 5 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.