Cessna 172N N2401E

Summary

On 13 November 1998 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N2401E was involved in an accident near Prescott, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 November 1998 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Prescott, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

34.6198, -112.4202

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N2401E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX99LA030

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the flight instructor to provide adequate supervision of the student pilot during a simulated emergency landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and student pilot were conducting a simulated engine failure from approximately 3,500 feet agl. The student inadvertently shut the fuel selector off without the instructor noticing. About 500 feet agl, the instructor asked the student to do a go-around. There was no response when full throttle was applied, so the instructor took the controls and performed an emergency landing. The left landing gear hit a tree stump and was sheared off. The aircraft came to rest in an upright position.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.