Cessna 172N N739NU

Summary

On 7 March 2006 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N739NU, operated by Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum, was involved in an accident near Compton, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 March 2006 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Compton, California, United States

Nearest airport

Compton (CPM)

Coordinates

33.8900, -118.2433

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N739NU

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Compton → Compton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA125

2 people had minor injuries.

control interference by the student pilot during a go-around that resulted in an in-flight collision with power lines.

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

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The airplane collided with power lines during an attempted go-around and came to rest inverted on a nearby roadway. Following an encounter with turbulence during landing level off the student pilot grabbed the controls firmly and did not release them to the instructor. The airplane drifted left toward parked aircraft and hangars. The instructor added full power to initiate a go-around, but still could not get the student to release his hold on the controls. The airplane cleared the hangars and continued to drift left when the landing gear contacted power lines and the airplane descended nose first into the street below.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.