Cessna 172R N423ES

Summary

On 8 April 2011 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N423ES, operated by Kennewick Aircraft Services Inc., was involved in an accident near Othello, Washington, 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

8 April 2011 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Othello, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Othello Municipal Airport (S70)

Coordinates

46.7947, -119.0797

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N423ES

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kennewick Aircraft Services Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Richland → Othello

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA194

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Prior to the flight, the pilot obtained a weather briefing. He preflighted the airplane and flew to a nearby airport to practice landings. He said while on final approach, he noticed the windsock start to whip, and he used ailerons to stop the airplane's southerly drift. He said the airplane bounced around as he approached touchdown. Immediately after touchdown, the airplane veered left (south) off the asphalt and into a freshly plowed field. The airplane's nose wheel dug into the soft soil and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane's right wing lift strut was bent, both wings were wrinkled, the aft empennage was bent and wrinkled on the bottom, and the vertical stabilizer was bent.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.