- Date
- May 16, 1990, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738UCCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900516015839A
- Case key
- 26805
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain an appropriate airspeed during the attempted go-around.
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 stated she was on her second solo flight. During the landing rollout, she lost directional control and attempted a go-around. After the aircraft became airborne, the pilot allowed it to stall and collide with the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738UC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270239
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Arrow Vision
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SEZ
- Destination
- SDZ
- Airport
- SEZ · Sedona, runway 3, 5,000 × 30 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °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.