- Date
- September 5, 1982, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cle Elum, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1295FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820905043779A
- Case key
- 70268
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot elected to get additional cross-country and mountain flying time, so she elected to fly to Cle Elum, WA. Upon arrival, she flew over and observed the wind sock to be limp. While on approach to runway 25, she decided she was too low and executed a go-around. She reported adding full power, raising the flaps and attempting to climb over trees. At about that time, she heard the stall warning horn. She reported lowering the nose; however, the aircraft settled into the trees and was substantially damaged. The pilot had received a private certificate about six months earlier. This would have been her first landing at Cle Elum.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1295F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272989
- Airframe hours
- 727
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Aldft
- Registered owner
- Wings Aldft
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- East Haddam, CT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S93 · Ele Elum Municipal, runway 25, 2,452 × 25 ft, gravel
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 29 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMP, 20 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.