Cessna 172M N1221U

Summary

On 11 April 2023 at about 21:12 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N1221U was involved in an accident near Terrell, Texas, 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

11 April 2023 at 21:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Terrell, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Terrell municipal Airport (TRL)

Coordinates

32.7096, -96.2671

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N1221U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA154

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial response.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot was landing the airplane with a left crosswind. On touchdown, the airplane bounced, pitched up, and drifted toward the right side of the runway. The flight instructor told the student pilot to go around and then attempted to take control of the airplane. The airplane touched down in the grass, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage, vertical stabilizer and rudder, and right wing strut. At the time of the accident, the airplane was landing on runway 18 with wind 100o at 7 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.