Cessna 172 N97075

Summary

On 3 February 2010 at about 19:48 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N97075 was involved in an accident near Jackson, Tennessee, 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

3 February 2010 at 19:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

McKellar-Sipes Regional (MKL)

Coordinates

35.5931, -88.9094

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N97075

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Jackson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10LA131

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a snow bank.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot landed, taxied back to the runway, and departed again. She stayed in the traffic pattern and then landed again with a slight crosswind at about 3 knots. During the subsequent takeoff with full power, the airplane veered to the left. The student pilot applied right rudder, but the airplane continued to the left and veered into a snow bank. A postaccident examination of the airplane's nose landing gear revealed that the right bearing rod-end had broken off the arm assembly of the nose gear steering rod. Further examination of both components through magnified optics revealed deformation and fracture surface features consistent with bending overstress separations in both components. No indications of preexisting conditions, such as fatigue or corrosion, were found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.