ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353285
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 May 1999 |
| Time: | 11:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172L |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N172KB |
| MSN: | 17260046 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5536 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gunnison, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KGUC) |
| Chandler, OK (2DT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that after an engine run-up, he departed on runway 24 using full power. He said that at 'approximately 100 to 150 feet off the surface a vibration began from the engine, immediately began loosing [sic] airspeed, lowered nose to regain airspeed (set some flaps), gradually raised nose of the airplane, (checked settings) lost airspeed, lowered nose again, to regain airspeed, raised nose, continued to lose airspeed, began looking for a place to set down.' He said that he turned left approximately 90 degrees and then left another 45 degrees before he impacted the ground. The pilot reported that he had approximately 93 hours of flight experience, and this was his first flying trip to Colorado. A witness reported that the accident pilot 'porpoised the airplane during takeoff roll, and I could hear his stall warning horn going off.' Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the mixture was in the full forward position. At the time of the accident, the density altitude was calculated to be 8,734 feet.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall/mush immediately after takeoff. Factors were the high density altitude weather condition, and the pilot's total lack of experience in type of operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN99LA085
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 12:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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