Cessna 172P N98530

Summary

On 7 July 2005 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N98530, operated by Eglin Air Force Base Aero Club, was involved in an accident near Monroeville, Alabama, 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

7 July 2005 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroeville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Monroeville Municipal (MVC)

Coordinates

31.4578, -87.3508

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N98530

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Eglin Air Force Base Aero Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crestview → Monroeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL05CA125

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the subsequent collision with the ground during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Upon arriving at the destination airport, the student pilot established an visual approach to and landed on runway 21. After touch down the airplane's nose wheel began to shimmy violently. Directional control of the airplane was lost and the airplane veered to the left off the runway onto the grass and subsequently colliding with a taxi-way berm. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed that the nose gear was torn from the airframe, the propeller blades were bent aft, and the engine firewall was damaged. The student pilot did not report any mechanical problem with the airplane during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.