Cessna 172N N5153E

Summary

On 12 June 2004 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N5153E was involved in an accident near Dover, Tennessee, 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

12 June 2004 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dover, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Short Creek (8TN7)

Coordinates

36.4008, -87.9917

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N5153E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dover → Springfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL04CA129

Nobody was injured.

The certified flight instructor initiated flight into thunderstorm activity that resulted in a loss of control and the subsequent collision with trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certified flight instructor (CFI) was conducting an instructional flight and landed at the intermediate stop with out incident. Prior to departing on the return flight, the CFI checked internet weather, and observed "bad weather" approaching the departure airport. He and the student pilot departed from runway 25 performing a soft field take off. Immediately after rotation the CFI leveled the airplane to increase airspeed. The CFI stated, "this took longer than usual due to wind shear." The airplane reached 60 knots and they were between 25 to 50 feet on initial take off climb, when they encountered a "severe cross wind gust of an estimated 40 to 50 knots from the right putting the wings in a near vertical attitude." The CFI applied rudder and aileron, and the airplane collided with the trees and the ground. Another pilot who landed at the airport before the accident airplane departed stated, black clouds were visible in the distance and there were thunderstorms in the area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.