Cessna 172L N7624G
23 May 2006 · Lexington, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 May 2006 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N7624G was involved in an accident near Lexington, Tennessee, 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 23:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lexington, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional (MKL)
- Coordinates
- 35.6506, -88.3739
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172L
- Registration
- N7624G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Jackson → Lexington
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL06CA084
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that upon arrival at the destination airport he entered a left downwind for runway 20. He noticed while on short final that the airplane was high over the numbers and he reduced power with full flaps extended. The pilot stated that when he reached the midfield point over the runway, he realized that the landing was to long, and "decided that his chances of getting the airplane stopped on the runway were better than aborting the landing". After the airplane landed he locked up the brakes and slid off the end of the runway, down an embankment, and into trees. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 2006 | Cessna 172N | Petal, Mississippi, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 14 Dec 2006 | Cessna 172C | Middletown, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 2006 | Cessna 172R | Winder, Georgia, United States | The Flight School of Gwinnett | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 2006 | Cessna 172S | Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States | King Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 2006 | Cessna 172L | Montgomery Twp, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Dec 2006 | Cessna 172 | Bonners Ferry, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 2006 | Piper PA-28-140 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Arthur Quinn | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 2006 | Beechcraft A36 | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 26 Dec 2006 | Rockwell 114 | Jasper, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Dec 2006 | Gates Learjet 35A | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 2006 | Boeing MD-10-10F | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Federal Express Corp | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 2006 | Parsons JN4-D JENNY REPLICA | Crossville, Tennessee, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |