- Date
- June 15, 1991, 21:20 local (Jun 16, 1991, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- East Glacier, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7468MCessna C175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910615022259A
- Case key
- 41456
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed. Contributing to the accident was: the gusty wind conditions and the pilot's lack of experience in this type of operation.
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 of the Cessna 175 stated that the wind was blowing down the runway at thirty to forty knots, with moderate turbulence when he entered the pattern at the private grass airstrip. He selected half flaps as he turned final approach but raised the flaps to the full up position because he felt the winds and turbulence had increased. As the aircraft crossed the threshold the pilot reduced power causing the stall warning horn to activate. The pilot immediately added power, but the aircraft landed hard before he could recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7468M
- Reported as
- Cessna C175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55768
- Engine
- Continental GO 300-C, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Louis A. Sitzmann Jr
- Registered owner
- Louis A. Sitzmann Jr
- Departed
- BMC · Brigham City, UT
- Airport
- 06 · Gallup Field
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 209 total · 209 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °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.
Other investigations on N7468M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.