Cessna 172P N63021

Summary

On 8 July 1994 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N63021, operated by Av-Ed Flight School, Inc., was involved in an accident near Leesburg, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 July 1994 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Leesburg Airport (JYO)

Coordinates

39.0781, -77.5548

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N63021

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Av-Ed Flight School, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charlottesville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC94LA115

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to attain adequate airpseed during an aborted landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the ground. A factor is the the student pilot's inexperience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING AN ABORTED LANDING AND NOSED DOWN ON THE ADJACENT GRASS. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, 'ONCE I TOUCHED DOWN, THE PLANE TURNED TO TH LEFT. THINKING I WAS STILL IN THE AIR FLYING, I ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND. IN THE PROCESS, THE PLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, ACROSS THE GRASS, AND HIT THE TAXIWAY. SO I PULLED BACK ON THE WHEEL, I STALLED THE PLANE, AND I ENDED UP IN THE GRASS, NOSE DOWN.' THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.