ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292036
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 2006 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172F |
| Owner/operator: | David Bradley Gilbert |
| Registration: | N5324R |
| MSN: | 17252849 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rome, Georgia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rome-Richard B Russell Airport, GA (RMG/KRMG) |
| Rome-Richard B Russell Airport, GA (RMG/KRMG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot he was to fly over the local area and then return to the airport. The pilot stated that he was to fly three circles over a banner that the family had placed on the tarmac. The pilot said that the airplane was functioning normally at the time of the accident but believed he was too slow and low with an aft center of gravity. A witness confirmed that the airplane was very low, and very slow, at about 100 feet away and 75 feet above ground level as he crossed the tarmac. As the pilot transmitted information about his turns the stall warning horn could be heard in the background. The witness stated that the airplane started to "wobble," and just before it reached the "Big Hangar the nose went up and the entire airplane turned left about 160-degrees, first landing on its left wing and then smashing down on its front."
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent impact with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL06CA106
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 13:46 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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