Cessna 172 N7353A

Summary

On 21 September 2000 at about 23:55 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7353A was involved in an accident near Buffalo, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 September 2000 at 23:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Buffalo, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Buffalo Municipal Airport (H17)

Coordinates

37.6402, -93.0909

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7353A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lebanon → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI00LA305

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent stall during a go-around. Factors relating to this accident were the student pilot's improper in-flight decisions and his failure to raise the flaps during the go around.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot said that during his landing attempt, he caught a gust of wind that took the airplane sideways. The student pilot elected to go around. 'I started to climb, but it (the airplane) wouldn't climb fast enough. I decided to turn into the wind and also away from the runway. I turned toward an open field. Then the stall warning horn started to go off, and then it stalled 10 - 20 feet above the ground.' An examination of the airplane revealed the wing flaps partially retracted and the flap handle in the retracted position. The FAA inspector who examined the airplane said that a local policeman informed him that the flaps were full down at the time he arrived at the accident scene. No other anomalies were found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.