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Cessna 172M N64291

24 August 2003 · Riverside, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 August 2003 at about 20:20 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N64291 was involved in an accident near Riverside, California, United States. 2 people were 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 20:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Riverside, California, United States
Nearest airport
Riverside Municipal (KRAL)
Coordinates
33.9519, -117.4453
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N64291
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Corona → Riverside
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX03CA266

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The student pilot's misjudged distance and altitude, and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Also causal was the instructor's delayed remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane collided with terrain during landing. The pilots were practicing a short field landing with the student pilot at the controls. The airplane got low on short final. The CFI recognized that the airplane was too low, took over the airplane controls, and simultaneously added power and raised the nose. The airplane struck a berm that led up to the approach threshold of the runway. The airplane bounced and came to rest on the approach end of runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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