ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284142
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| Date: | Friday 12 October 2007 |
| Time: | 12:34 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Mccreery Aviation Company Inc. |
| Registration: | N65591 |
| MSN: | 17275781 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5379 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McAllen, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | McAllen-Miller International Airport, TX (MFE/KMFE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 104-hour student pilot was attempting a full-stop landing with the aircraft configured with 20 degrees of flaps and the throttle at idle. The pilot reported that after he flared for the landing, the aircraft pitched-up and began drifting to the left. The pilot responded by applying full-right rudder and retracting the flaps to 10 degrees. This is the last event the pilot can recall in the accident sequence. The airplane impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude, nosed-over and came to rest in the inverted position 150 feet from the left side of Runway 13. An examination of the airplane revealed the nose landing gear had been sheared off and structural damage was sustained to the nose cone, propeller, engine compartment, fuselage, left wing and tail section. The wind at the time of the mishap was reported from 090 degrees at 5 knots. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures prior to the mishap.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the landing approach resulting in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW08CA011
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 08:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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