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Cessna 172S N692SP

24 December 2002 · Tea, South Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 December 2002 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N692SP was involved in an accident near Tea, South Dakota, 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 21:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Tea, South Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Great Planes (Y14)
Coordinates
43.4575, -96.8019
Aircraft
Cessna 172S
Registration
N692SP
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Tea → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI03LA075

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare. The pilot's lack of experience and diverted attention were factors.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a hard landing. The airplane was piloted by a student solo pilot performing a touch and go landing. The pilot stated that he became distracted by an airplane holding short of the landing runway because there was no response to his radio transmissions conveying his intentions to land. The stall warning horn then sounded and the airplane stalled onto the runway. The student pilot had a total flight time of 27.3 hours, of which 5.1 hours was solo flight time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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