Plane Crash List

Cessna 172N N2140E

1 October 2010 · Wabash, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 October 2010 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N2140E was involved in an accident near Wabash, Indiana, 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 22:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Wabash, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport
Wabash Municipal Airport (IWH)
Coordinates
40.7619, -85.7986
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N2140E
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Wabash → Wabash
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CEN11CA004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed during the landing and certificated flight instructor's failure to execute a go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated flight instructor (CFI) and student had been practicing touch-and-go landings and were planning a full-stop landing. The airplane touched down on the grass airstrip slightly faster than normal and approximately 100 feet beyond the approach end of the runway. The CFI took authority of the airplane's controls and applied brakes. As the airplane approached the end of the runway, the CFI applied left rudder to avoid a ditch in front of the airplane. Subsequently, the right main landing gear went into the ditch and the airplane flipped over. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the vertical stabilizer and rudder were bent. The CFI reported that there were no preimpact mechanical anomalies with the airplane. He further stated that they should have landed on the adjacent asphalt runway or performed a go-around after overshooting the final approach leg during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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