Cessna 172 N8328B

Summary

On 9 February 2000 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8328B was involved in an accident near Lyndonville, Vermont, United States. One person was 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

9 February 2000 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lyndonville, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

Caledonia County Airport (6B8)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N8328B

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

IAD00LA019

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor in the accident was the ditch that ran parallel to the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot completed a 1-hour training flight with his instructor, and then departed on his first solo flight. The student pilot stated that he caused the airplane to veer 20 degrees to the left and depart the runway during the landing. The airplane struck a snowbank and continued into a ditch that ran parallel to the runway. The nose wheel settled into the ditch, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The student pilot reported 18 hours of flight experience, and that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. During the autumn months prior to the accident, the State's Agency of Transportation identified the airport for a re-grading project to eliminate the ditch. The project, completed 7 months after the accident, eliminated the ditch hazard.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.