Cessna 172 N8919B

Summary

On 17 May 1998 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8919B was involved in an accident near S. Sioux City, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 May 1998 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

S. Sioux City, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Martin Field Airport (7K8)

Coordinates

42.4595, -96.4101

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N8919B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cherokee → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI98FA165

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate flying airspeed during the climbing left turn resulting in a stall condition. Contributing factors were the gusty, crosswind conditions, and the pilot's excessively tight turn maneuver during the initial climb.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was returning from a breakfast fly-in when the accident occurred. A witnesses reported he alerted the pilot of the wind conditions, which were strong and gusting from the south. The witness reported the airplane touched down on Runway 14, then the pilot announced he was going to takeoff to do the landing over again. The airplane was last seen in a 'tight power turn' to the left at a point near the end of the runway. The airplane then stalled and impacted the terrain. A right traffic pattern was used at this airport for runway 14.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.