Cessna 172S N462TR

Summary

On 1 August 2012 at about 05:15 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N462TR, operated by Fox Valley Technical College, was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 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

1 August 2012 at 05:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Wittman Regioanl Airport (OSH)

Coordinates

43.9844, -88.5567

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N462TR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Fox Valley Technical College

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oshkosh → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CEN12CA510

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a collision with a runway light.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was on final approach to land after the completion of a local night instructional flight. The flight instructor was to demonstrate the proper pitch attitude and sight picture needed for a landing at night. On short final, just before touchdown, the airplane drifted off of the runway centerline to the left. Upon touchdown the airplane was still moving toward the left side of the runway. The instructor stated that with the low energy state of the airplane there was not enough room to perform a go-around safely. The airplane then exited the runway as he applied flight control inputs to correct back to the centerline. Upon exiting the runway, the airplane impacted a runway light on the lower portion of the right wing strut attach point, resulting in structural damage to the strut. The instructor reported that the accident could have been prevented if positive control was maintained during the landing phase of the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.