Accident · 1996-06-07

NTSB case SEA96LA115 · Cessna 172M · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1996-06-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Cessna 172M (N9594V)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: American Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AVIATION INC.

Probable cause

failure of the flight instructor (CFI) to ensure that adequate airspeed was maintained during initial climb after lift-off, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush. High density altitude was a related factor.

Source: NTSB case SEA96LA115

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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