- Date
- September 20, 1991, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1359FCessna C-172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910920042079A
- Case key
- 41340
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Probable cause
The loss of control by the instructor due to the improper recovery altitude selected to terminate a simulated forced landing, the excessive pull-up by the student due to his lack of experience, and the delayed remedial action of the instructor. Factors relating to the accident were the flap and elevator trim settings.
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 instr pilot had the stu pilot make his first recovery from a simulated forced ldg at 150-200 ft above the gnd. The stu pilot stalled the acft during the maneuver and the 74 yr old instr pilot could not recover from the stall before the acft impacted the gnd. Exam of the wreckage revealed the acft was trimmed nose up and the flaps were extended 10 degrees. The stu pilot had 2 hrs total flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1359F
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254854
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray H. Judd
- Registered owner
- Red Lodge Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RED · Red Lodge, MT
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
- 74
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,175 total · 2,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 50 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.