- Date
- June 9, 1992, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9263HCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920609019149A
- Case key
- 37161
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and in flight collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot delayed the go around and lack of recent flight expereince.
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 stated that during landing on runway 01 a gust of wind caused the airplane to land hard and porpoise three times. She added power and pulled the nose up to clear obstacles at the end of the runway. Immediately after clearing these obstacles, the stall warning horn went off and the left wing dropped. The airplane came to rest inverted. The FAA found the flaps extended approximately 10 degrees and the carburetor heat 'in the on position.' The pilot had 3.3 hours of total flight experience in the preceding 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9263H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266056
- Airframe hours
- 2,278
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mr. George Stoner, doing business as Erie Airways
- Registered owner
- Mr. George Stoner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1992 · 59 hours before
- Airport
- 0G0 · North Buffalo Suburban, runway 1, 2,830 × 50 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 84 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °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.
Other investigations on N9263H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.