Cessna 172M N9233H

Summary

On 31 March 1998 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N9233H was involved in an accident near Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 March 1998 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Tri-Cities (TRI)

Coordinates

36.5204, -82.5499

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N9233H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greeneville → Bristol

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA98LA113

Nobody was injured.

The dual student's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall mush. Contributing to the accident were the flight instructor's inadequate supervision and the night conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight was a dual, night VFR cross country flight in preparation for the student's solo cross country. According to the CFI, when they rolled wings level on final approach, the student did not have the runway in sight and was being directed by the CFI. In the process of acquiring a visual on the runway, the flight had gotten low and slow, and the student was making a correction when the wheels collided with an approach light pole. The airplane came to rest inverted, about 300 feet from the runway threshold.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.