- Date
- November 26, 1986, 05:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kennewick, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2349UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861126086699A
- Case key
- 40572
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Analysis
The private pilot was seated in the right front seat with the student pilot in the left front seat. The pvt pilot allowed the student pilot to takeoff. The student over rotated and the stall warning was sounding. The pvt pilot took command of the aircraft but at 60 feet AGL was too low to recover. The pilot attempted to flare the aircraft prior to striking the ground. The aircraft mushed into the ground nose first with the right wing low.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2349U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249949
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Archibald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S98 · Kennewick, WA
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S98 · Vista Field, runway 29, 3,000 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 185 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSC, 17 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.
Other investigations on N2349U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.