Cessna 172R N410LR

Summary

On 30 March 2013 at about 17:50 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N410LR, operated by Bewired USA LLC, was involved in an accident near Immokalee, Florida, 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

30 March 2013 at 17:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Immokalee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Immokalee Regional Airport (IMM)

Coordinates

26.4339, -81.4014

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N410LR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bewired USA LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Lauderdale → Immokalee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA189

Nobody was injured.

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

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, the wind was calm, and shortly after touchdown, the airplane veered to the left. He applied power and began a go-around procedure, which he subsequently aborted, as the airplane continued to veer to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway into a grassy area and struck a ditch that ran parallel to the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any evidence of a preimpact failure or malfunction that would have precluded normal operation. According to the automated weather observation system located at the airport, around the time of the accident, the wind was consistently a direct left crosswind between 7 and 8 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.