Cessna 172M N2XC

Summary

On 4 July 1998 at about 21:05 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N2XC was involved in an accident near Chesterfield, Missouri, 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

4 July 1998 at 21:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Spiirit of St Louis (SUS)

Coordinates

38.6503, -90.5303

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N2XC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI98LA237

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's not obtaining and maintaining directional control. A factor was wet terrain (grass).

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane exited the runway after touchdown, traversed a wet grassy area and impacted a taxiway. The pilot said that he did not have his feet on the brakes, neither did he make any rudder input on touchdown. He said that he did not realize when the nosewheel contacted the runway. He said that after exiting the runway, his application of brakes and left rudder stopped the right turn, but did not return the airplane to the runway. The airplane continued across a taxiway where the nosewheel contacted a lip on the pavement and collapsed. Subsequent to the accident an examination of the airplane was conducted and no anomalies were found in the brakes or continuity of the flight controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.