- Date
- December 17, 1990, 08:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mcdermitt, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4319QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 27079
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Probable cause
Intentional buzzing conducted by the pilot. His poor judgement was a factor in the accident.
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 aircraft's nose gear impacted the ground during a buzzing pass over deer. The pilot's climb control inputs, after the collision with the ground, failed to induce flight and the aircraft slid to stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4319Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260219
- Engine
- Lycoming O320E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benjaman, James A.
- Departed
- S67 · Nampa, ID
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 197 total · 81 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N4319Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.