- Date
- July 30, 1989, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yerington, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14454Cessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890730025619A
- Case key
- 41056
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a landing go-around in high density altitude conditions.
Analysis
During a landing with full flaps, three passengers, and high density altitude conditions, the pilot felt he was too high and initiated a go-around. Full power was added but the airplane continued it's descent onto the ground off the runway.
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
- N14454
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1720102
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin D. Roller
- Airport
- O43 · Yerington, runway 1, 5,800 × 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 200 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.