- Date
- September 18, 1994, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- New London, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13510Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940918027989A
- Case key
- 38832
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain adequate airpseed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and inflight collision with terrain.
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 instructor was demonstrating a short-field takeoff to the student. The student was on his first training flight. According to the instructor, 'During the takeoff climb at a speed of 70 mph, the aircraft pitched up sharply, recovered from that, aircraft not making enough power to fly, settled hard onto runway, wheelbarrowed once, then flipped over.' The student reported that after liftoff he heard the stall-warning horn.
Factual narrative
On September 18, 1994, at 1430 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N13510, piloted by Glen R. Murry, certified flight instructor (CFI), and student pilot, Bruce James, sustained substantial damage during an aborted takeoff at the New London Airport, New London, Pennsylvania. The CFI received minor injuries, and the student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91.
Just after liftoff from runway 22, the student pilot said the stall warning activated, and the CFI elected to land near the south end of the runway. After touchdown the airplane nosed over.
According to the CFI's written statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, he was demonstrating a short field takeoff, to the student pilot, and was departed downhill, with a right crosswind.
The CFI wrote on statement:
Climbing out at 70 mph aircraft pitched up sharply, recovered from that aircraft not making enough power to fly, settled hard onto runway, wheelbarrowed [into turf] once, then flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13510
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262807
- Airframe hours
- 4,435
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tom Kurtz Jr
- Registered owner
- Spitfire Helicopter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1993 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- N01
- Destination
- N01
- Airport
- N01 · New London, runway 22, 2,310 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 373 total · 123 in this make and model · 337 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.