Cessna 172 N5338H

Summary

On 22 September 2004 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5338H was involved in an accident near Provo, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 September 2004 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Provo, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Provo Municipal (PVU)

Coordinates

40.2205, -111.6908

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5338H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Provo → Provo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN04LA147

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's premature liftoff which resulted in failure to attain airspeed which resulted in a stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

A student pilot, attempting a soft-field take-off, applied full power, but the "airplane did not respond as earlier in [the] day" and it "did not climb as expected." The airplane pitched up and veered off the left side of the runway. He said he was "too low to push [the] nose down to increase airspeed." The airplane's left wing dropped and struck the ground. The airplane spun around to the left, the nose and right wing struck the ground and the airplane came to a stop on a heading of approximately 070 degrees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, and the engine and right wing strut were separated from the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.