Cessna 172I N35540

Summary

On 27 November 2008 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172I registered N35540, operated by Sky HI Inc, was involved in an accident near Frederick, Maryland, 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

27 November 2008 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK)

Coordinates

39.4172, -77.3711

Aircraft

Cessna 172I

Registration

N35540

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sky HI Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Frederick → Frederick

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA077

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's delayed decision to abort the landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot of the Cessna 172I stated that following an uneventful local flight, he returned to his home airport to practice takeoffs and landings. During the second approach, just above the runway, the pilot realized that the airplane was "low and slow," so he increased engine power. The airplane's descent rate did not change appreciably, and with the airplane drifting toward the left, the pilot decided to abort the landing. The pilot subsequently increased engine power to full, and kept the airplane's pitch attitude level. Shortly thereafter, the pilot heard the landing gear strike the top of the precision approach path indicator light box. The pilot attempted to "set the airplane down" and the nose landing gear struck the edge of the runway, collapsing it, and resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies associated with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.