Cessna 172N N4696G

Summary

On 8 November 1998 at about 21:40 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N4696G was involved in an accident near Lima, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 November 1998 at 21:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Lima, South Carolina, United States

Coordinates

34.9592, -82.4303

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N4696G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hendersonville → Greenville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ATL99LA013

1 person had minor injuries.

The flight instructor's intentional flight into Instrument Meteorological Conditions. Factors were trees and mountainous terrain.

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

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The student pilot was at the controls of the airplane while navigating between mountains following a major highway. Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) were encountered and the flight instructor took over as Pilot-In-Command. A climb was initiated through IMC, on course, in order to attain Visual Meteorological Conditions above the lowered ceiling and mountainous terrain. Shortly after initiating the climb, the airplane collided with trees and mountainous terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.