Cessna 172S N574SP
7 March 2001 · Keene, New Hampshire, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 March 2001 at about 18:10 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N574SP was involved in an accident near Keene, New Hampshire, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Keene, New Hampshire, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dillant-Hopkins (EEN)
- Coordinates
- 42.9491, -72.2890
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S
- Registration
- N574SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lebanon → Keene
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC01LA083
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor included the patchy snow on the runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot flew a normal approach, and landed the airplane, with the throttle closed, on a runway with patches of slushy snow and ice, and some blowing dry snow. The airplane touched down on centerline, about 60 knots, and the pilot kept his feet off the brakes during rollout. About 500 feet into the rollout, the airplane began to yaw, then slowly veer and skid to the left. The pilot attempted to straighten the airplane by increasing right rudder pressure. He also considered aborting the landing, but given the airplane's slow speed, and its proximity to a 4-foot snow bank, he decided an abort would be unsuccessful. The airplane continued to veer to the left, and hit the snow bank at approximately a 30-degree angle, about 30 miles per hour. Winds, about the time of the accident, were from approximately 15 degrees left of the runway, at 5 knots. The pilot had 92 hours of flight time, with previous experience landing on contaminated runways.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2001 | Cessna 172N | Marfa, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 May 2001 | Cessna 172RG | Washington, Oklahoma, United States | Airman Flight School Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2001 | Cessna 172SP | Matawan, New Jersey, United States | Esquire Aviation Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Jul 2001 | Cessna 172 | Dayton, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2001 | Cessna 172 | Newfane, Vermont, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Sep 2001 | Cessna 172N | Pasco, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2001 | Socata TB-20 | Amherst, New Hampshire, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jul 2001 | Cessna 195 | Moultonboro, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Feb 2001 | Robinson R-22B | Keene, New Hampshire, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 2001 | Beechcraft C-45H | Hudson, New Hampshire, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2001 | Patalivo DOMINATOR | Laconia, New Hampshire, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Jun 2001 | Graham ACRO SPORT | Hampton, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |