- Date
- December 18, 1991, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gulfport, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N733XVCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911218056999A
- Case key
- 33046
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to perform a go-around and 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 plt was flying the acft from the lt seat while the pvt plt rated PIC was seated in the rt. The acft was high & fast while on final apch with full flaps lowered & the student flared too soon. The acft floated, then touched down momentarily & became airborne. The PIC took control of the acft but said he did not want to initiate a go-around with full flaps lowered. The student plt stated that the PIC applied full aft control column input & the acft inadvertently stalled & impacted the ground nose low. The nose landing gear collapsed & the acft nosed over & came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733XV
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268639
- Airframe hours
- 10,924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stringer, John D.
- Registered owner
- Stringer, John D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1991 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- 3R6 · Bay St. Louis, MS
- Airport
- MS82 · Shade Tree Field, runway 35, 2,800 × 80 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 918 total · 557 in this make and model · 870 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.