Cessna 172N N6492E

Summary

On 17 November 2007 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6492E, operated by Pegasus Air, was involved in an accident near Statesboro, Georgia, 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

17 November 2007 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Statesboro, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Statesboro-Bulloch County (TBR)

Coordinates

32.4828, -81.7369

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6492E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Pegasus Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Barnwell → Statesboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08CA037

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain a proper flare at touchdown.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 27-hour student pilot of the Cessna 172N successfully completed the first leg of a solo cross country flight, and returned for landing on runway 23 at his airport of origin. The pilot reported that on final approach, he was lined up correctly, was at the appropriate speed, and that everything "felt good." He also reported that when he began the flare, a gust of wind "caught the back of the plane," and lifted the tail. The pilot believed that he had landed nose gear first. He completed the rollout and taxied to the terminal without further incident. The pilot did not experience any preimpact failures or malfunctions with the airplane, and a postaccident examination of the airplane revealed damage to the propeller, nose landing gear and firewall. The weather observation at the airport about the time of the accident recorded winds from 220 degrees at 4 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.