Accident · 2005-05-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-05-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S (N778LP)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Air Fleet Training Systems Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Air Fleet Training Systems Inc.
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain.
Source: NTSB case IAD05FA067Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.