ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224816
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| Date: | Monday 6 May 2019 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk II |
| Owner/operator: | Citabria Inc |
| Registration: | N734DX |
| MSN: | 17268784 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8252 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Auburn Municipal Airport (KAUN), Auburn, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Auburn, CA (AUN) |
| Auburn, CA (AUN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo student pilot reported that he simulated a power-off emergency landing with a 180º turn to the runway and then trimmed the elevator "fully nose up" and added full flaps. Before touchdown, the airplane drifted right of centerline, and he had "difficulty correcting and maintaining control" of the airplane, so he initiated a go-around. The student added that, subsequently, he "retracted [the] flaps entirely," and the airplane "fell [about 10 ft] to the ground," the nosewheel impacted terrain, and the airplane then nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and empennage.
The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper retraction of the flaps during a go-around and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://uk.flightaware.com/photos/view/2477249-7f57c8e59d2ca09e7802a1c8a65c1e3b7e3e26bf/aircraft/N734DX/sort/views/page/1/size/xga (photo)
Location
Media:
Pilot walks away after plane goes down in Auburn https://t.co/zKsNW0A1V5 pic.twitter.com/ILcbMQQXbl
— kcranews (@kcranews) 7 mai 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2019 00:49 | Geno | Added |
| 07-May-2019 01:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 07-May-2019 17:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-May-2019 20:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2020 09:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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