Cessna 172 N9289H

Summary

On 16 February 2009 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N9289H, operated by Pegasus Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Reidsville, Georgia, United States. 2 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

16 February 2009 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Reidsville, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Statesboro-Bulloch County Arpt (TBR)

Coordinates

32.0589, -82.1517

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N9289H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Pegasus Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jacksonville → Statesboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ERA09CA175

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an attempted recovery from a stall/spin.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane inadvertently entered a spin during recovery from a practice power-off stall, with 30 degrees of flaps deployed. The pilot stated that during the recovery of the practice stall he applied, "full power and nose level...the airplane went sideways and started spinning downwards." The pilot did not immediately reduce power, and the airplane's speed increased as it descended. He reported that upon recovering from the spin, the airspeed was over 120 knots; however, the airplane's maximum airspeed with flaps extended was 85 knots. The pilot subsequently retracted the flaps and heard a "creaking noise." Postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that the wings and flaps were damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.