Cessna 172K N7342G

Summary

On 22 June 2003 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N7342G, operated by Silver Wing Aviation, was involved in an accident near Overton, Nevada, 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

22 June 2003 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Overton, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Perkins Field Airport (U08)

Coordinates

36.7778, -114.3750

Aircraft

Cessna 172K

Registration

N7342G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Silver Wing Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

North Las Vegas → Overton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03CA208

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and his premature raising of the flaps during a go-around, which led to an inadvertent stall/mush. The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight is also causal.

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

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During an attempted go-around from a simulated emergency landing, the airplane failed to achieve a positive climb rate and descended to ground impact. After full power was added in order to abort the simulated emergency landing at 200 feet agl, the student pitched the nose up and the airspeed began to decay as the airplane began sinking towards the terrain. The flaps, which had been in the full down position, were inadvertently retracted all at once, and a positive climb rate could not be established. The CFI attributed the accident to allowing the airplane to get too low and too slow. In their statements, both pilots agree that the engine responded normally and was generating full power, and that all flight controls functioned properly.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.