Accident · 2005-02-22

NTSB case ANC05FA037 · Cessna 172 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2005-02-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 172 (N739NK)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: OCALA AVIATION SERVICES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Ocala Aviation Services, Inc.

Probable cause

The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an abrupt maneuver to avoid a power line, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, a loss of control, and subsequent collision with terrain-water. Factors associated with the accident were low a ceiling, fog, a transmission wire, and an inadvertent stall.

Source: NTSB case ANC05FA037

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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