- Date
- May 28, 1993, 19:10 local (May 29, 1993, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Turlock, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12857Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930528015579A
- Case key
- 27973
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Probable cause
The pilot's poorly planned approach and his failure to maintain airspeed.
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
While at cruise flight the pilot noticed both fuel gauges indicating nearly empty. The pilot flew to the closest airport to refuel. The pilot made two approaches to the airport, but both approaches were too high. The pilot reentered the traffic pattern and began the descent while on the downwind leg at midfield. During the turn onto the base leg the pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed and inadvertently stalled the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12857
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262316
- Airframe hours
- 5,957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sacramento Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Sacramento Aero Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1993 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- 3O8 · Coalinga, CA
- Destination
- Q96 · Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- O15 · Turlock Muni, runway 3, 2,985 × 50 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 800 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.