- Date
- September 1, 1990, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Montauk, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4324QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900901037609A
- Case key
- 36731
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Probable cause
Pilot failed to attain airspeed during a go around, resulting in the airplane stalling at a low altitude. Contributing factor was the pilot's attention was diverted to airport maintenance personnel working near the approach end of the runway.
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 pilot was attempting to execute a go around, because of maintenance personnel on the runway. Witnesses stated the airplane was about 4 feet above the runway when the pilot, 'abruptly pulled up, proceeded slowly, wavering and drifting to the right of the runway.' The plane then turned sharply to the left and crashed nose first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4324Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260224
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skylark Airpark, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 7B6 · Warehouse Point, CT
- Destination
- 48N · Montauk Point, NY
- Airport
- Montauk
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4324Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.