ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212524
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| Date: | Friday 22 June 2018 |
| Time: | 06:59 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172L Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7239Q |
| MSN: | 17260539 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4898 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Diamondhead, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Diamondhead, MS (66Y) |
| Diamondhead, MS (66Y) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot obtained his first solo endorsement 10 days before the accident after he had accrued about 165 hours of flight experience. On the day of the accident, he was performing solo traffic pattern work, which included full-stop landings and then taxiing back for each subsequent takeoff. However, interpolation of radar data and the timing of the call to report the accident indicated that the pilot had performed a touch-and-go landing before the accident takeoff and flight.
A witness described the airplane at a low altitude and airspeed as it crossed, at treetop height, an interstate highway immediately beyond the departure end of the runway. The airplane then disappeared below the trees.
Examination of the wreckage site and the airplane wreckage revealed evidence consistent with engine power at impact and no preimpact mechanical anomaly. Measurement of the exposed threads of the flap actuator corresponded with a full-flap, 40° extension setting.
According to the manufacturer's owner's manual, "flap settings of 30° to 40° are not recommended at any time for take-off." Thus, because the pilot took off with 40° of flaps, the airplane was unable to attain the normal climb speed and entered a stall/mush from which the pilot could not recover because of the low altitude.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to retract the flaps following landing and the stall/mush that resulted during the subsequent full-flap takeoff and initial climb.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7239Q
Location
Media:
A small plane took off from Diamondhead airport and went down around mile marker 16. One local pilot has died. The plane took down one power line and Coast Electric is on scene working to make sure it is safe before Diamondhead fire heads back to the plane. @WXXV25 pic.twitter.com/sMTkXD90Ne
— WXXVCaroline (@CarolineWxxv) June 22, 2018
Here is the plane from the fatal plane crash in Diamondhead this morning. @WXXV25 pic.twitter.com/SWEksB7n6i
— WXXVCaroline (@CarolineWxxv) June 22, 2018
NTSB investigating today’s crash of a Cessna 172 in Diamondhead, MS.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) June 22, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2018 13:16 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Jun-2018 14:05 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 22-Jun-2018 14:08 | cpierce1999 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2018 14:22 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2018 16:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2018 16:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 22-Jun-2018 16:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 22-Jun-2018 16:48 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2018 17:00 | cpierce1999 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 22-Jun-2018 17:02 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 22-Jun-2018 17:35 | cpierce1999 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2018 20:41 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Apr-2020 17:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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