Cessna 172 N5815E

Summary

On 3 March 2020 at about 22:06 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5815E, operated by Honaker Group LLC, was involved in an accident near Madison, 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.

Date

3 March 2020 at 22:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Madison Muni (IMS)

Coordinates

38.7600, -85.4647

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5815E

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Honaker Group LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Madison → Madison

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20CA112

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose-over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, during the third approach, he took the controls from the student pilot and informed the student that he would land the airplane. The airplane was configured with "minimal flaps" due to gusting crosswind conditions. During landing, the wind shifted from a quartering headwind to a direct crosswind. The airplane bounced on touchdown and subsequently exited the right side of the runway, entered soft mud, and then nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing lift strut. The instructor stated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.