Cessna 172P N98395
14 July 2003 · Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 14 July 2003 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N98395, operated by Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois, was involved in an accident near Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States. 3 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 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pinckneyville-du Quoin (PJY)
- Coordinates
- 37.9778, -89.3606
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N98395
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Carbondale/Murp → Pinckneyville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI03LA212
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The planned approach not maintained by the pilot and the delayed remedial action by the certified flight instructor. A contributing factor to the accident was the approach light.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted a runway threshold light during landing. According to the certified flight instructor, the private pilot was instructed to perform a forward slip landing. The CFI stated that he realized the approach was low and added power, but the airplane was too low and struck the threshold light.
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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