Plane Crash List

Cessna 172M N9731V

19 July 1996 · Tremont City, Ohio, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 July 1996 at about 00:15 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N9731V, operated by MAD River Airport, Inc., was involved in an accident near Tremont City, Ohio, 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.

The record

Date
at 00:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Tremont City, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport
Mad River Airport (I54)
Coordinates
40.0191, -83.8398
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N9731V
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
MAD River Airport, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
IAD96LA119

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilot's misjudged flare which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that she completed one landing successfully. She stated that during the second approach to landing, she used nearly full flaps, at the correct airspeed, and began to flare. The airplane ballooned and the pilot increased back pressure. The airplane touched down hard on the grass runway, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. The student pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction. The student pilot reported 19.8 hours total flight time, including 16.6 hours in the accident make and model airplane. The student pilot indicated that she had 2.5 hours as pilot-in-command.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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