# NTSB LAX90LA334: Cessna 172M, N13686, Orovada, NV, September 22, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1990, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Orovada, NV
- Coordinates: 41.629379, -117.919128 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-117.9191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 23, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26930
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA334
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26930/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA334

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. HIS LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE IN TYPE OF OPERATION, (LANDINGS), AND THE INADVERTENT GROUND LOOP WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

UPON ARRIVING AT HIS DESTINATION THE PILOT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING. HE STATED THAT HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS TOO FAST AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY AHEAD IN WHICH TO STOP, THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND DRAGGED A WING ON THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13686](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13686), registered now, S/N 17262943, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262943
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: T-Craft Aero Club Inc
- Departed: S67, NAMPA, ID
- Destination: NONE
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: NONE, Pauite Meadows Pvt, runway 27, 3,500 × 40 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 612 total, 195 in this make and model, 561 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900922041519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922041519A), Sep 22, 1990: Cessna 172M, Orovada, NV, Substantial damage. Fast landing. Unable to stop on long Private strip. Turned off runway and ground looped. High density altitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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