Search Results for: Cessna 172

At about 09:40 EDT, a Cessna 172N struck mountains near Dyke, killing the pilot and three passengers. The airplane was rented from a flight school in Newport News. The dispatcher stated she first saw the pilot about 08:00 on the day of the accident. The pilot said he was going to fly to Charlottesville, Va., and logged the airplane out accordingly, with a return time of 17:00. As the pilot was preflighting the airplane, it began to rain and he departed without finishing signing out the airplane. The weather deteriorated and the flight school began a telephone search for the airplane around 12:30. The wreckage was found by ground search teams on the morning of August 27. A forest ranger situa…

At 18:45 CST, a Cessna 172M crashed during an attempted go-around from runway 13 at Ava-Bill Martin Memorial Airport. None of the four aboard were injured. The pilot was unable to activate the airport and runway lighting systems using the CTAF frequency listed on the Kansas City Sectional Chart. The pilot reported that he continued the approach but elected to go-around. The airplane stalled, hitting the ground about 250 feet past the departure end of runway 13. The CTAF frequency had been incorrectly published on the sectional chart, in the Airport/Facility Directory and on the NOS approach plates. Following the accident, a NOTAM was issued and the FAA database corrected….

At about 21:46 EST, a Cessna 172R crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 4.1 miles east of St. Augustine Airport. The pilot was killed. The flight originated from Orlando, Fla., an hour and a half before the accident. The pilot contacted Jacksonville Approach at 21:41:51 and requested VFR flight following to Craig Municipal Airport. At 21:45:24, the airplane was observed on radar at 2,000 feet heading 013 degrees. At 21:45:51, the airplane was observed at 1200 feet heading 051 degrees. The pilot stated at 21:46:00, Ah, Jax, I do not see anything. The airplane went off radar at 21:46:01 and radio contact was lost….

At about 19:15 PDT, a Cessna 172N struck trees shortly after attempting takeoff from Lampson Field. The four occupants were not injured. The pilot said he was practicing touch-and-go landings when the engine lost power after liftoff. He put the airplane back onto the runway, but was unable to stop prior to overrunning the runway and entering a vineyard. A witness reported the flaps were down during the rotation and liftoff, but were up when she arrived at the accident site….

At 14:24 EST, a Cessna 172P crashed after departure from Saratoga County Airport, killing the flight instructor and the student pilot. The airplane departed runway 23 and began its climb. Witnesses differed on whether the climb was unusually steep, with one saying the climb attitude was normal and another equating it to biplanes he had seen … during airshows. The three witnesses did agree that the aircraft seemed to suffer a power loss, then banked steeply left and descend in what would be consistent with a stall/spin. A post-crash fire made determining the aircrafts pre-crash mechanical condition difficult. Damage to the propeller indicates the engine was producing little power on impact…

At 00:15 CST, a Cessna 172M struck the ground one mile short while on an ILS runway 35 approach to Liberal Municipal Airport. IMC prevailed and the flight was operating on an IFR flight plan. The four occupants suffered minor injuries. The pilot told investigators he was on the ILS approach, in the weather and correcting back to the right, when all of a sudden he hit the ground….

At 14:10 EDT, a Cessna 172S sank in Lake Michigan two miles west/southwest of Muskegon. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries from hypothermia. The pilot said ATIS reported a ceiling of 1,400 feet prior to his departure, and he received a special VFR clearance to depart. He flew out over Lake Michigan and the visibility dropped to zero in fog. He requested vectors back to VFR conditions and was trying to return to the airport when the airplane struck the water. The pilot was not instrument rated….

At approximately 20:00 MST, a Cessna 172 crashed while on landing approach to Bolinder Field. The pilot was seriously injured. The pilot was practicing night flight and had just taken off and remained in the traffic pattern. While coming in for his first landing, he entered a fog bank and crashed about one mile short of the runway….

At 16:49 CST, a Cessna 172M struck power lines while maneuvering near Manilla. The pilot and rear seat passenger suffered minor injuries and the front seat passenger was not injured. The two passengers said they were flying low over Mallard Lake to survey bass fishing spots when the pilot climbed over a tree-line and struck power lines. The pilot said the last altitude he recalled seeing was 800 feet and that the engine began malfunctioning, at which point he set up for landing in a field and struck the power lines. The airplanes spinner was found directly below two broken shield wires for a 500,000-volt transmission line. The broken wires had been suspended about 120 feet agl. During the f…

At about 10:35 EST, a Cessna 172K taxied into the path of a Cessna 152 on its takeoff roll on runway 14 at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. The two occupants in each plane were killed. The accident was apparently the result of the tower controller mistaking the 172 for an airplane at another spot on the field and clearing it to taxi into position and hold. The 172 had been holding at an intersection, however, and taxied into the 152s path. For more information, see the May issue of Aviation Safety….