At 0705 central time, a Cessna 172H crashed 1.2 miles from the Centralia Municipal Airport, killing the flight instructor and student pilot. A witness said the airplane was flying slowly with a low power setting at an altitude of about 500 feet. He said the airplane was in a steep angle of bank and in a turn to the right. After about 270 degrees of turn, the nose of the airplane came up and the airplane became inverted. The nose of the airplane then went down. He heard the airplanes engine revving to full power just before impact.
February 21, Centralia, Ill. / Cessna Skyhawk
At 0705 central time, a Cessna 172H crashed 1.2 miles from the Centralia Municipal Airport, killing the flight instructor and student pilot. A witness said the airplane was flying slowly with a low power setting at an altitude of about 500 feet. He said the airplane was in a steep angle of bank and in a turn to the right. After about 270 degrees of turn, the nose of the airplane came up and the airplane became inverted. The nose of the airplane then went down. He heard the airplanes engine revving to full power just before impact....
Key Takeaways:
- A Cessna 172H crashed 1.2 miles from Centralia Municipal Airport, resulting in the deaths of both the flight instructor and student pilot.
- A witness reported the aircraft flying slowly and at low power, initiating a steep right turn at approximately 500 feet.
- During the turn, the plane's nose pitched up, causing it to invert before pitching down, with the engine revving to full power just prior to impact.
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