- Date
- September 12, 1991, 17:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place
- Norwood, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71393Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910912039749A
- Case key
- 37011
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Probable cause
Premature retraction of the wing flaps during a go-around which resulted in an inadvertent stall with insufficient altitude for recovery. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of total experience in make and model, and lack of recent experience in make and model of airplane.
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 encountered variable winds on short final and initiated a go around. During the climb, the nose of the airplane drifted 30 degrees left and the wing flaps were retracted. A passenger said he heard the stall warning horn and the airplane entered a descent from which recovery was not made prior to hitting the ground. The pilot had received her biannual flight review on the day of the accident in the same type of airplane. Records showed she had 30 hours total time in make and model and none in the preceding 90 days except for her biannual flight review/checkout, and her accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71393
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267225
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Flyers Aviation
- Registered owner
- Executive Flyers Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 10, 1991
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Airport
- OWD · Norwood Memorial, runway 35, 4,007 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 930 total · 30 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.