ARLINGTON, CA, USA
N5709R
CESSNA 172F
THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY STALLED THE AIRPLANE ABOUT FIFTY FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHILE PRACTICING SIMULATED FORCED LANDINGS. THE MANEUVER WAS SUPERVISED BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR(CFI). THE SIMULATED FORCED LANDING WAS INITIATED ABOUT 2,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING THE MANEUVER INCORRECTLY BY HOLDING THE NOSE UP DURING THE GLIDE. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT PILOT TO ADD POWER. THE STUDENT PILOT FROZE ON THE CONTROLS. THE CFI ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO CONTINUE ITS DESCENT WHILE TELLING THE STUDENT PILOT A SECOND TIME TO ADD POWER. BY THE TIME THE STUDENT PILOT ADDED FULL POWER THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT FIFTY FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE STALLED, DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED, LANDED HARD AND NOSED OVER IN UNEVEN TERRAIN.
On April 17, 1994, at 1330 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172F, N5709R, collided with terrain near Arlington, California. The airplane was being operated as an instructional flight by Paradise Aviation, Corona, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The flight originated in Corona, California, at 1300 hours. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. According to the operator, the flight instructor was simulating forced landings. The maneuver was being initiated about 2,000 feet above the ground. The student pilot was holding the nose up during the power on glide. The flight instructor told the student pilot to add full power. The student pilot froze on the controls and did not add the power. The flight instructor again told the student pilot to add full power. This time the student pilot added full power but continued to hold the nose up. The airplane stalled about fifty feet above the ground, landed hard, bounced, and nosed over.
FAILURE OF THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE STUDENT PILOT AND PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ACTION BEFORE THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED TO AN ALTITUDE TOO LOW FOR RECOVERY. FACTORS WERE THE STUDENT PILOT'S HANDLING OF THE AIRPLANE WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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