- Date
- August 31, 1991, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N737VKCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910831037559A
- Case key
- 32920
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain airspeed during a demonstrated downwind soft field takeoff. This resulted in an in flight loss of control, stall, and collision with terrain.
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 ATP was demonstrating a soft field takeoff downwind with a student pilot passenger. The ATP pilot pulled the control yoke aft at the end of the departure runway and failed to maintain airspeed (vso). The airplane stalled and experienced an in flight collision with the terrain. VFR conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The ATP pilot and infant passenger sustained minor injuries. The student pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737VK
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269707
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Suwannee Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Suwannee Aviation, Inc.
- Airport
- Brothers Welcome, runway 27, 2,600 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 22 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.