Cessna 172 S N679SP

Summary

On 23 April 2006 at about 04:45 local time, a Cessna 172 S registered N679SP, operated by Air Center of Salt Lake, was involved in an accident near Malad City, Idaho, 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

23 April 2006 at 04:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Malad City, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Malad City (MLD)

Coordinates

42.1772, -112.3050

Aircraft

Cessna 172 S

Registration

N679SP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Air Center of Salt Lake

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Malad City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA06CA081

Nobody was injured.

The private pilot's improper touchdown point during landing and the certified flight instructors delayed remedial action. Ditches and fences were factors in the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

In a written statement the private pilot, who was at the controls during the accident, stated that after a high approach the airplane touched down at a point where it was "too late to execute a missed approach, because we had used so much of the runway. We both slammed on the brakes and started skidding off the end of the runway. We went through a barbed wire fence and hit a ditch. Hitting the ditch launched the aircraft over a road. We went through another fence and hit another ditch, flipping the aircraft upside down." The commercial pilot/certified flight instructor reported that the airplane was too high during the approach and just as he was going to instruct the pilot to go-around "...the wheels touched down and the tires started to lockup."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.