# NTSB SEA02LA179: Cessna R172K, N1071V, Salmon, ID, September 21, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 21, 2002, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Salmon, ID - Coordinates: 44.967777, -114.73278 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9678&lon=-114.7328&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 8, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Boise, Idaho - NTSB case key (mKey): 55788 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA02LA179 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55788/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA179 ## Probable cause Failure to maintain airspeed while on approach which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall ## Analysis The commercial pilot reported that while on approach to the airport he had to complete a series of turns in an effort to line up with the runway. He stated that during one of the turns, the airplane's stall warning horn sounded and he applied full power. After adding power the pilot initiated a second turn to the right. The pilot reported that shortly after initiating the right turn, the airplane stalled. The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard on the runway with a full power setting. After the hard landing, the airplane departed the runway edge and collided with a fence and sprinkler system. ## Factual narrative On September 21, 2002, about 1630 mountain daylight time, a Cessna R172K, N1071V, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a hard landing at the Flying B Ranch Airstrip, 27 miles west of Salmon, Idaho. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal/pleasure flight under the provisions of Title 14 CFR, Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the cross-country flight that originated from Challis, Idaho, approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident. During a telephone interview, and subsequent written statement, the pilot reported that while on approach to the airport he had to make a series of turns in an effort to line up with the runway. He stated that during one of the turns, the airplane's stall warning horn sounded and he applied "full power." After adding power the pilot initiated a second turn to the right. The pilot reported that shortly after initiating the right turn, the airplane stalled. The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard on the runway at a full power setting. After the hard landing, the airplane departed the runway edge and collided with a fence and sprinkler system. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1071V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1071V), registered now, S/N R1722102, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna R172K - Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: R1722102 - Airframe hours: 2579 - Engines: Continental IO-360 K 195 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Arthur B. Chapman - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 5, 2002, 5 hours before - Departed: U15, CHALLIS, ID - Destination: 12ID, Challis, ID - Airport: 12ID, Flying B Ranch, runway 16, 2,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review August 29, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 2,017 total, 800 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days, 23 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 10 °F - Altimeter: 30.23 inHg - Observed at: KLLJ, 27 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020921028269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020921028269A), Sep 21, 2002: Cessna R172K, Challis, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was landing on back country private airstrip (flying b) and veered to the left striking fence posts and irrigation pipes. Damage to propeller, left… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.