# NTSB Accident CEN18LA344
> **Cessna 172** · 2018-08-18 · Addison, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN18LA344
- **Event ID:** 20180820X44833
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-08-18
- **Location:** Addison, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.968612, -96.836387
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N893JA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flap setting for takeoff and subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing was the overgross state of the airplane.

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