Cessna 172R N922TA
21 February 2000 · Waterford, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 February 2000 at about 18:14 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N922TA, operated by Tradewinds Aviation, was involved in an accident near Waterford, Michigan, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:14
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Waterford, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pontiac Oakland (PTK)
- Coordinates
- 42.6396, -83.4096
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172R
- Registration
- N922TA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Tradewinds Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Waterford → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI00LA081
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
the directional control not obtained/maintained by the dual student and the remedial action not performed by the certified flight instructor. Contributing factors were the crosswind and the snow bank.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane veered off the runway and impacted a snow bank during an instructional flight. A crosswind was present during the landing. Examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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