Cessna 172P N98574

Summary

On 28 April 1996 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N98574 was involved in an accident near Rutland, Vermont, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 April 1996 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Rutland, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

Rutland State (RUT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N98574

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Schenectady → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC96LA093

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing. A contributing factor was his lack of recent flight experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had completed a cross country flight and was landing on runway 31. When the pilot flared, the airplane drifted to the left. During the pilot's attempt to realign the airplane with the runway, the airplane bounced and veered left off of the runway. Winds reported by the airport automatic weather observing/reporting system (AWOS) at the time of the accident were from 300 degrees at 4 knots. The pilot had logged 7 hours in this make and model, of which 5 hours were as pilot-in-command. The balance of his flight experience was in the Cessna 152. The pilot had flown 2-1/2 hours in the previous 90 days.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.