- Date
- July 31, 1991, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2946ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030829A
- Case key
- 27309
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged landing flare and his failure to maintain a proper go-around course over the runway.
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
During the student pilot's supervised solo flight, he attempted to land at his original departure airport. The pilot reported that during his landing flare he encountered a gust of wind, ballooned, and added engine power. Thereafter, the airplane drifted off the 75 foot wide by 5131 foot long runway and collided with a tree and terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2946E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271380
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerovision, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- P14 · Holbrook, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SEZ · Sedona, runway 3, 5,131 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 51 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2946E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.