# NTSB Accident LAX96LA306
> **Cessna 172Q** · 1996-08-14 · KAYENTA, AZ, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96LA306
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06553
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-08-14
- **Location:** KAYENTA, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.639892, -110.180335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172Q
- **Registration:** N65963
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to adhere to the manufacturer's performance data by not maintaining the recommended best rate of climb speed, resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush event. The high density altitude was a related factor.

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