# NTSB SEA07CA107: Cessna 172B, N7546X, Los Angeles, CA, April 19, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 19, 2007, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 34.259445, -118.413612
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2594&lon=-118.4136&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65601/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA107

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7546X-2007-08-20), registration cancelled 2007-08-20, S/N 17248046, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172B
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17248046
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: minor; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070419011319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070419011319A), Apr 19, 2007: Cessna 172B, Los Angeles, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 04/19/2007 N7546X was on approach to Whiteman Airport for landing. N7546X bounced on landing, a go around was started. The aircraft stalled above the…

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.

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