- Date
- January 29, 1992, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cottonwood, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6087DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920129001359A
- Case key
- 27548
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and premature raising of the flaps. Contributing to this accident was the improper recovery from a bounced landing, lack of total experience, and the 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.
Analysis
The student pilot received touch and go takeoffs and landings dual instruction before beginning the accident flight. When the instructor was satisfied with his takeoffs and landings the instructor allowed the student pilot to solo. The student successfully completed two touch and go landings and takeoffs. On the third landing the airplane bounced and turned sideways. The student applied power and after lift-off he immediately retracted the flaps and failed to maintain flying speed. The airplane settled and the left wing contacted the runway causing the airplane to cartwheel off the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6087D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272598
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cottonwood Air Service
- Registered owner
- Bullard, Stanley & Claudia R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- P52 · Cottonwood Municipal, runway 32, 4,250 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.