Plane Crash List

Cessna 172P N54153

21 April 1997 · McKinney, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 April 1997 at about 18:21 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N54153, operated by Addison Air Training, was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas, 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 18:21
Classification
Accident
Location
McKinney, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
McKinney Muni (TKI)
Coordinates
33.1797, -96.5892
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N54153
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Addison Air Training
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Addison → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW97LA163

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the ground after recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the instructor pilot, the student pilot was attempting his second landing during his first supervised solo flight. The first landing was normal and uneventful. However, on the second landing, the 'student porpoised the airplane [and] recovered. After recovering, the student slammed on the brakes and ran off the runway. The aircraft proceeded into a muddy ditch, at which time the nose wheel dug into the mud, broke off from the aircraft and the aircraft flipped over on its back.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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