- Date
- April 2, 1989, 14:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N99713Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40942
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain flying speed and proper flying attitude resulting in a stall mush. Contributing to the accident were the density altitude and the variable winds.
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 rotated and climbed at an airspeed of approximately 65 knots indicated. At about 40 feet AGL. He heard the stall warning, lowered the nose of the aircraft, added another 10 degrees of flaps, for a total of 20 degrees of flaps, and then descended to the ground, striking the left wing and the aft portion of the aircraft. The aircraft nosed over and came to rest on its left side. The pilot reported winds were changing direction and velocity. The aircraft was close to gross weight. The density altitude at the time of the accident was in excess of 6,000 feet. A witness stated that the plt raised the nose of the acft as the acft began to lose altitude. The plt did not file an acc report. The normal prevailing winds at this arpt are published as being from the nw. Rwy 10 used for takeoff has an upgrade of 0.81 percent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99713
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HTH · Hawthorne, NV
- Destination
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HTH · Hawthorne Municipal, runway 10, 4,800 × 100 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 969 total · 10 in this make and model · 56 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F