ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357434
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 May 1996 |
| Time: | 11:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5394K |
| MSN: | 17274093 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4990 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Reno, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Reno, NV (KRNO) |
| Reno, NV (4SD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot thought his aircraft was too high as he turned final, but after lowering additional flaps he allowed the aircraft to become too low and slow. When he saw the VASI lights indications he thought that the aircraft might land short. He applied 'some' power but it did not stop the aircraft from sinking. He responded by increasing back pressure in an attempt to increase his glide. He heard the stall warning horn and felt the stall buffet, but did not any more power because he thought that once the aircraft entered ground effect it would reach the runway. The aircraft stalled, landing hard short of the runway threshold. The aircraft bounced and then struck the raised threshold lip with its right main gear. It settled back on runway 26 and then slid to a stop off the right side. The approach was flown over rising terrain which can give a pilot the illusion that the aircraft is at a higher altitude. If not recognized, this illusion may induce him to maintain a higher pitch attitude resulting in a lower airspeed and an increased rate of descent during an approach.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to obtain and maintain flying speed and a proper glide path, which resulted in an inadvertent stall during a visual approach. An increased altitude illusion created by rising terrain under the final approach course was a factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX96LA192
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 October 1992 | N5394K | Reno Flying Service | 0 | Reno, NV | |
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| 13-Mar-2024 17:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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