Cessna 172L N3803Q
23 February 2006 · Long Island, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 February 2006 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N3803Q was involved in an accident near Long Island, North 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 18:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Long Island, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Long Island Airport (NC26)
- Coordinates
- 35.6633, -80.9706
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172L
- Registration
- N3803Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lincolnton → Long Island
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL06CA046
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to achieve the proper touch down point on landing resulting in an overrun, on-ground collision with a ditch, and subsequent nose over. A factor in the accident was the inadequate supervision of the student pilot by the flight instructor.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was on an instructional flight with a flight instructor. The student pilot entered a left downwind for landing. The student pilot failed to land the airplane on the wet grass runway in the first one-third of the touchdown zone. The flight instructor got on the flight controls and applied brakes with the student pilot. The airplane went off the end of the runway, into the overrun, collided with a ditch/gully, and nosed over. When the flight instructor was asked what caused the accident he replied, "the student pilot failed to achieve the proper touchdown point on landing and his inadequate supervision of the student pilot." When the flight instructor was asked if the airplane experienced any mechanical problems before the accident, he stated no.
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 3 Sep 2006 | Brown Floyd L CHRISTEN EAGLE II | Topsail Beach, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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