Cessna 172P N51887
19 August 2006 · Chester, South Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 August 2006 at about 22:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N51887, operated by Rock Hill Aviation, LLC, was involved in an accident near Chester, South Carolina, 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 22:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chester, South Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Chester Municipal Airport (9A6)
- Coordinates
- 34.7869, -81.1906
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N51887
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Rock Hill Aviation, LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rock Hill → Chester
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL06CA123
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The CFI's failure to initiate a go-around when he noticed the flight was high and fast during the approach resulting in the flight landing long, overrunning the runway, and colliding with trees. Factors in the accident were a tail wind and a wet runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The certified flight instructor (CFI) stated that while providing instruction to his student he initiated a simulated engine failure. The student selected an airport just below them to do a forced landing. The student turned early for the final as they approached runway 5 and the CFI took control of the airplane and put it into a slip to lose the excess altitude. A witness saw the airplane touchdown at high speed with only a quarter of the runway remaining and observed the airplane engulfed with a heavy mist of water spray as it left the pavement into the grassy end of the runway. The witness then observed the airport weather station to show winds from 240 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot had stated that the airplane was operating normally before the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 2006 | Cessna 172N | Petal, Mississippi, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 14 Dec 2006 | Cessna 172C | Middletown, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 2006 | Cessna 172R | Winder, Georgia, United States | The Flight School of Gwinnett | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 2006 | Cessna 172S | Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States | King Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 2006 | Cessna 172L | Montgomery Twp, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Dec 2006 | Cessna 172 | Bonners Ferry, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2006 | Dassault MYSTERE FALCON 900 | Greenville, South Carolina, United States | ERG Aviation II Incorporated | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 2006 | Cessna 340A | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 24 Apr 2006 | Lancair LANCAIR 360 | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Sep 2006 | Thomas VELOCITY | Conway, South Carolina, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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