Cessna 172RG N5404V

Summary

On 21 February 2010 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N5404V, operated by Mach II Aviation Services, Inc, was involved in an accident near Lockhart, Texas, 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 February 2010 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lockhart, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Lockhart Municipal (50R)

Coordinates

29.8503, -97.6725

Aircraft

Cessna 172RG

Registration

N5404V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mach II Aviation Services, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Braunfels → Lockhart

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10LA128

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s failure to use the emergency checklist, and his failure to extend the landing gear manually. Contributing to the accident was the electrical failure/malfunction for reasons undetermined.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that after departure during an instructional flight, the landing gear was slow to retract, the radios made “clicking noises,” “flickered” and began to fail, and the fuel gauges registered near empty. The flight instructor assumed control of the airplane. During the landing approach, he attempted to lower the flaps, but there was no response. He instructed the student pilot to lower the landing gear. He said there was no warning horn or annunciator light to indicate that the gear was either up or down. He did not say whether he or the student pilot looked outside to see if the landing gear appeared to be down and locked. The airplane landed with the gear partially extended and veered off the right side of the runway into the grass. The outboard portion of the right wing and the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were bent. The airplane was later ferried to a repair facility. According to the ferry pilot, he recharged the battery and flew uneventfully to the repair facility. The repair facility reported finding no anomalies with the airplane’s electrical system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.