ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44349
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| Date: | Friday 2 September 2005 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5070A |
| MSN: | 28070 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3013 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Yuma, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Yuma, AZ (YUM) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane stalled on short final and impacted the runway's displaced threshold in a nose low pitch attitude and erupted in flames. The pilot was flying the airplane from the right seat, with a passenger occupying the left seat in order to take some aerial photographs of nearby property. The airplane was on final approach and the pilot was conducting a full-flap landing. He reported that everything was fine, but the airplane began descending too fast. He applied some power to go-around, but the airplane encountered a gust of wind and stalled on short final. Witnesses at the airport observed the airplane on short final. The nose pitched up to a level position about 50 feet above the ground and then nosed down until impact with the ground. The weather observation facility at the airport was reporting the wind at 7 knots down the runway. The airplane was not equipped with shoulder harnesses.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed on short final, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050908X01420&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 10:58 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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