- Date
- April 19, 2007, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7546XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070419011319A
- Case key
- 65601
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during performance of a go around, resulting in an inadvertent stall and in-flight collision with the ground.
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 reported that he was landing on runway 12 with 40 degrees of flaps. He "misjudged" the flare, and the airplane touched down and bounced back into the air. He decided to go around, added full power and raised the flaps to 20 degrees. The pilot stated that "he had the nose too high which resulted in a stall." The airplane nosed down and rolled left, and the left wing tip contacted the ground, followed by the nose wheel. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest nose down off the runway. The pilot reported that the winds at the time of the accident were calm.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was landing on runway 12 with 40 degrees of flaps. He "misjudged" the flare, and the airplane touched down and bounced back into the air. He decided to go around, added full power and raised the flaps to 20 degrees. The pilot stated that "he had the nose too high which resulted in a stall." The airplane nosed down and rolled left, and the left wing tip contacted the ground, followed by the nose wheel. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest nose down off the runway. The pilot reported that the winds at the time of the accident were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7546X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248046
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- WHP · Los Angeles, CA
- Destination
- WHP
- Airport
- WHP · Whiteman, runway 12, 4,120 × 75 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
- 47
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 99 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.