Cessna 172H N2440L

Summary

On 13 May 2000 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172H registered N2440L, operated by North Texas Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Mesquite, Texas, 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 May 2000 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mesquite, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Mesquite Metro (HQZ)

Coordinates

32.7591, -96.5891

Aircraft

Cessna 172H

Registration

N2440L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

North Texas Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McKinney → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00LA148

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot during the landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During one of a series of touch-and-go landings, the student pilot 'landed a bit hard,' the airplane bounced and the flight instructor applied full power. However, 'there was not enough airspeed to stop the sink rate.' The airplane touched down again and 'hit hard on the left main gear, then on the nose wheel.' The flight instructor executed a go-around and continued the flight to the departure airport where he landed the airplane without further incident. The firewall was structurally damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.