Cessna 172 N7392A

Summary

On 29 June 1988 at about 11:40 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7392A, operated by Steve & Tracy Parrish, was involved in an accident near Greenville, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 June 1988 at 11:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Donaldson Center (7AL)

Coordinates

34.7704, -82.3794

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7392A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Steve & Tracy Parrish

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA203

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE ON A PRACTICE SHORT FIELD APCH, SIMULATING A 50' OBSTACLE. THE CFI RPRTD THAT AS THE ACFT CAME OVER THE THRESHOLD AT ABOUT 40' AGL, THE AIRSPEED WAS 60 MPH & THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED 40 DEG. THE STUDENTREDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE, ESTABLISHED A HIGH SINK RATE & FLARED JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE ACFT LANDED HARD & BOUNCED. AFTER BOUNCING TWICE, THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO ADD POWER. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER & ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, BUT THE ACFT CLIMBED ONLY 10 TO 15 FT, THEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED & THE ACFT CRASHED BESIDE THE RWY. THE STUDENT SAID THIS WAS THE 1ST TIME HE TRIED A SHORT FIELD LANDING & THAT HE HAD NO PREVIOUS DEMONSTRATION. THE CFI HAD ONLY 397 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.