- Date
- February 12, 1989, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Deer Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3388ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890212002089A
- Case key
- 26336
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to raise the wing flaps during the aborted landing, and his failure to maintain airspeed during the climbing right turn.
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
A witness said the airplane was 'unusually high over the threshold' when it settled to the runway from 30 ft. the airplane bounced and became airborne. Prior to the second landing, the witness heard full power applied. The airplane bounced and then flew the length of the runway at a low altitude and airspeed. The witness noted the wing flaps were in the down position during the approach and go-around. The airplane began a climbing right turn and then 'went nose down into the ground' from approximately 50 - 100 feet. The pilot and passenger could not recall the events of the flight, the pilot has a total flight time of 121 hours with 6 hours in the last 90 days. He has 27 hours of PIC flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3388E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271527
- Airframe hours
- 4,239
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arndt, Carl
- Registered owner
- Arndt, Carl W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 10, 1989 · 39 hours before
- Airport
- DVT · Deer Valley, runway 25L, 8,200 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 23 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.