- Date
- June 6, 1984, 12:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place
- Haverhill, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65491Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840606061059A
- Case key
- 35347
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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
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Distance - misjudgedFactor
Go-around - initiated
Aborted landing - performed
Raising of flaps - prematureCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses observed the acft on a high final apch to rwy 05 when a go-around was initiated over the rwy at aprx 50 ft AGL with the flaps fully extended. The acft climbed to aprx 100 ft AGL & then suddenly entered a stall, descended to the ground & crashed. The flap actuator was found in the 'up' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65491
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275764
- Airframe hours
- 523
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Four Star Aviation
- Registered owner
- Riichill, Inc. DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 15, 1984 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- LWM · Lawrence, MA
- Airport
- LWM · Lawrence Municipal, runway 5, 4,997 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LWM, 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.