Cessna 172 accident near Yuma, AZ
On September 2, 2005, a Cessna 172 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yuma, AZ. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 2, 2005
- Place
- Yuma, AZ
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.656°N, 114.606°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050908X01420
NTSB summary
On September 2, 2005, at 0830 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172 airplane, N5070A, was destroyed when it impacted the displaced threshold for runway 8 at the Yuma International Airport, Yuma, Arizona. The private pilot/owner of the airplane sustained serious injuries and the passenger was fatally injured. The pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the local flight that departed Yuma around 0715. During a telephone interview with the pilot, he reported that the purpose of the flight was to photograph some private property of his that was for sale. The passenger was seated in the left seat to photograph the property and the pilot was flying from the right seat. They finished taking photographs of the property and were returning to the airport when the accident occurred. The airplane was on final approach and the pilot was conducting a full-flap landing. He reported that everything was fine, but the airplane began descending too fast. He applied some power to go-around, but the airplane encountered a gust of wind and stalled on short final. Witnesses informed the Federal Aviation Administrator inspector who responded to the accident site that they observed the airplane on short final. The nose pitched up to a level position about 50 feet above the ground and then nosed down until impact with the ground. Photographs taken of the accident site by airport operations personnel displayed tire marks on the displaced threshold followed by parallel gouges
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed on short final, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
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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.
