Cessna 172 N9912Q

Summary

On 14 June 2017 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N9912Q, operated by Ponderosa Aero Club, was involved in an accident near Galena, Idaho, 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

14 June 2017 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Galena, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Smiley Creek (U87)

Coordinates

43.9122, -114.7961

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N9912Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

Ponderosa Aero Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boise → Smiley Creek

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA341

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in a power-on stall and subsequent loss of airplane control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was attempting to perform a crosswind, soft-field takeoff from a dry, turf airstrip. He set the flaps to 10°, and the airplane was in a nose-high attitude until the stall warning horn sounded. He then relaxed pressure on the yoke until the stall warning horn stopped. Shortly after liftoff, the airplane entered a power-on stall, and the pilot lost airplane control, and the airplane then began to descend to the runway. The airplane subsequently departed the runway and impacted a barbed wire fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.    

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.