Cessna 172N N737SY

Summary

On 16 July 2014, a Cessna 172N registered N737SY, operated by Flightline, was involved in an accident near Murphysboro, Illinois, United States. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 July 2014

Classification

Accident

Location

Murphysboro, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Southern Illinois (MDH)

Coordinates

37.7781, -89.2519

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N737SY

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Flightline

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Murphysboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

CEN14CA457

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to a written statement from maintenance personnel, a pilot discovered the airplane's nose wheel at an "unusual angle" during a preflight inspection. The pilot reported the damage to the fixed based operator (FBO) who asked maintenance to examine the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed damage to the nose wheel and underside of the fuselage aft of the main landing gear, and substantial damage to the rudder. The FBO contacted the certificated flight instructors and pilots of the three flights that occurred preceding the damage report. The first and third flights were airplane checkout flights with the flight instructor; the second flight was a personal flight conducted by a senior flight instructor. Written statements provided to the FBO from the two flight instructors of those flights failed to reveal who was responsible for the damage, when or where it occurred, or how it was caused. Also unknown, is why the flight instructors did not observe the damage prior to their respective flights.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.