- Date
- September 7, 1989, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N758HBCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890907035769A
- Case key
- 26501
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to obtain or maintain sufficient airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
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 attainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that after lift-off, the plane 'went up too rapidly causing a stall.' He pushed the yoke foreward & the airplane came down hard, which resulted in damage to the nose gear & fireall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758HB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1723099
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mc Dowell, William E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TUS · Tucson Intl, runway 11, 10,994 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 500 in this make and model · 520 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 52 °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.