Cessna 172 N6621D

Summary

On 21 December 2008 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6621D, operated by Costa Flying Services, was involved in an accident near Corning, New York, 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.

Date

21 December 2008 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Corning, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1)

Coordinates

42.1767, -77.1200

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N6621D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Costa Flying Services

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elmira → Corning

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA103

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident were the gusty wind conditions and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a training flight to practice crosswind takeoffs and landings, with gusty wind conditions on runway 32, a gust of wind lifted the left wing of the airplane during the landing flare. The student pilot inadvertently applied right aileron and the right wing contacted the runway surface, resulting in damage to the right wing and aileron. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) then assumed control and the airplane drifted right of the runway and gained approximately 10 feet of altitude. The throttle control was bent about 45 degrees by the student during the abnormal runway contact, which prevented the CFI from performing an aborted landing maneuver. The damage to the right aileron also prevented the CFI from returning to the runway surface. The airplane landed in the snow next to the runway and neither pilot was injured. The accident airport did not have weather reporting capability; however, airports with weather observations in the local area at the time of the accident recorded winds generally from 250 to 290 degrees at 15 knots with a peak gust of 25 knots. The CFI reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.