Cessna 172M accident near Cornell, WI
On May 2, 2000, a Cessna 172M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cornell, WI. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 2, 2000
- Place
- Cornell, WI
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.160°N, 91.151°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20948
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 2, 2000, at 1050 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N13145, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed by impact with terrain and post impact fire following a loss of control during climbout from runway 27 (2,420 feet X 45 feet, dry/asphalt) at Cornell Municipal Airport, near Cornell, Wisconsin. The personal flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot and two passengers sustained fatal injuries. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident. A witness stated, "About time of rotation (nose wheel off) noticed flaps out. [A]mount of deflection unknown. [L]ooked as if flaps came out/down as climb out proceeded. Wasn't climbing well/poor rate of climb. Never got above 200-250 ft. AGL. Airplane came around toward downwind leg of pattern. Airplane looked in slow flight attitude. Sounded as if in full power. Airplane then went out of sight [and] crashed. Crashed/looked as if stalled then nose down and left. Airplane sounded at full power still at or till sound of crash." Another witness stated, "I observed him taxi and the next I observed was the takeoff. I observed some flaps that seemed to be a short field takeoff. It appeared to not gain the normal altitude. He seemed to be in a climb attitude (not steep) and the flaps remained on. My estimate is aprox. 1 mile before he made his left turn." He further stated, "He made the normal pattern for downwind and was still in a climb attitude but not gaining altitude and the flaps appeared
Probable cause
the pilot not maintaining aircraft control and the stall/spin he encountered. A factor was the extended flaps.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
