- Date
- May 12, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Concordia, KS
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8240BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880512015609A
- Case key
- 34567
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Go-around - attemptedFactor
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While attempting a crosswind landing, PIC decided to make a go-around. During the go-around the acft stalled, struck the terrain and cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8240B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36040
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Washington Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Washington Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- K38 · Washington, KS
- Airport
- CNK · Concordia, runway 17, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
N8240BRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 201 total · 170 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNK, 1 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.