ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365420
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| Date: | Saturday 20 April 1991 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172L |
| Owner/operator: | Wade Gillaspie |
| Registration: | N5536E |
| MSN: | 17271885 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3647 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Huntsville, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nacadoches, TX (OCH |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT ESTABLISHED THE FLARE IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE WAS CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS. A GUST BALLOONED THE AIRPLANE AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT APPLIED PARTIAL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER. AIRPLANE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST, IT DRAGGED A WINGTIP AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS FLIGHT TRAINING HAD STRESSED FULL STALL LANDINGS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS THE EMPHASIS PLACED UPON FULL-STALL LANDINGS BY HIS INSTRUCTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW91LA069
History of this aircraft
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| 6 March 1983 | N5536E | Center-line Aviation | 0 | Canton, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 09:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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