Cessna 172P N65998

Summary

On 29 September 2007 at about 05:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N65998 was involved in an accident near Belleville, Illinois, 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.

Date

29 September 2007 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Belleville, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N65998

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belleville → Belleville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

CHI08CA011

Nobody was injured.

the design limits of the aircraft being exceeded by a previous pilot during an unknown phase of flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The rental/instructional airplane was found with substantial damage during a post flight inspection by the airplane operator's maintenance personnel. On the day before the damage was discovered, two pilots, each of whom had separately flown the airplane, reported airplane discrepancies to maintenance personnel. The first pilot reported a discrepancy with the tire sidewall that he noted during his preflight inspection. The airplane was retuned to service after the wheel assembly was replaced and no further inspection was performed. The pilot then flew the airplane and returned without any further reported discrepancies. The second pilot reported a binding in the control column and could not reinstall the gust lock without difficulty during his preflight inspection. Maintenance personnel then grounded the airplane for the day and found damage to the airplane firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.