- Date
- May 30, 1992, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7583GCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920530018479A
- Case key
- 41688
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper descent rate and inadequate remedial action.
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 stated that while on approach he was a little high and a little fast, so he added additional flaps. He said that the aircraft seemed to lose lift and was sinking fast while he was still short of the runway. He said he added full power but he was too late. The left horizontal stabilizer hit a runway light, and both wingtips struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7583G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259283
- Airframe hours
- 3,504
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russ Nally
- Registered owner
- Russ Nally
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1992 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- ALW · Walla Walla, WA
- Airport
- YKM · Yakima, runway 27, 7,603 × 150 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 654 total · 612 in this make and model · 623 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 1 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.