- Date
- September 19, 1992, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Picayune, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9578HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920919037619A
- Case key
- 33138
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain airspeed (vso) while conducting slow flight at a low altitude. This resulted in an in flight loss of control (stall) and subsequent in flight collision with trees.
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 was maneuvering the airplane at a low altitude looking for deer hunting sites with an unauthorized passenger. The pilot descended to 500 feet AGL and extended flaps to 20 degrees and began slow flight at about 45 knots of airspeed. The pilot descended down to 300 feet AGL and continued the slow flight. The nose of the airplane pitched down and the airplane collided with the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9578H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-66241
- Airframe hours
- 4,341
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillips Aviation
- Registered owner
- Phillips Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1992 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- MSO3 · Poplarville, MS
- Destination
- MSO3
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 2 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 31 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.