- Date
- September 2, 1990, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Granite Falls, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N65857Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900902037869A
- Case key
- 41268
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's use of excessive flaps for takeoff resulting in loss of climb performance.
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 student pilot landed off airport in a open field. When he attempted to takeoff, he selected 30 degrees of flaps, deteriorating the aircraft's performance capability. He managed to clear a fence, then stalled, nosing over after impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65857
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Arlington Aero, Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- S88 · Arlington, WA
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PAE, 10 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 N65857 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.