Cessna 172 N22101

Summary

On 29 January 2021 at about 21:25 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N22101, operated by Slipstream Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Clare, Michigan, 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

29 January 2021 at 21:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Clare, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Clare Municipal Airport (48D)

Coordinates

43.8344, -84.7402

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N22101

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Engines

1

Operator

Slipstream Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cheboygan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN21LA120

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing that resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that while landing following a solo cross-country flight, the airplane touched down about 500 feet beyond the runway threshold and slightly left of the runway centerline. As he continued the landing rollout, the airplane “drifted” left, and the left main landing gear caught the runway edge. The airplane then veered left off the runway, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, left wing, left wing strut, and fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.