Cessna 172 N805CP

Summary

On 31 July 2021 at about 22:18 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N805CP, operated by Civil Air Patrol Inc, was involved in an accident near Martinsburg, West Virginia, 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

31 July 2021 at 22:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Eastern Wv Rgnl/Shepherd Fld (MRB)

Coordinates

39.4024, -77.9830

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N805CP

Category

Airplane

Year built

2021

Engines

1

Operator

Civil Air Patrol Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA311

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s loss of directional control after an aerodynamic stall at takeoff.

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

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The flight instructor was demonstrating a soft field takeoff maneuver with 10° of flaps. After lift-off, the airplane “suddenly” and immediately yawed to its left. Both the angle of attack indicator and the stall warning horn provided audible alerts as the pitch attitude exceeded 10° on the primary flight display. The airplane rolled left, right, and left again before it touched down, transitioned a grass area, and came to rest upright on a taxiway. The pilots egressed the airplane unhurt and discovered substantial damage to the left wing. The flight crew reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the performance and handling of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.