Cessna 172P N6089K

Summary

On 6 March 2009 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N6089K, operated by Delta State University, was involved in an accident near Cleveland, Mississippi, 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

6 March 2009 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cleveland, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Cleveland Municipal Airport (RNV)

Coordinates

33.7611, -90.7578

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N6089K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Delta State University

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → Cleveland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA09CA195

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent encounter with a bird in flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that as he initiated a descent at night, 10 to 12 miles northeast of the destination airport, he heard a "loud bang" and felt the airplane shake. Both he and the flight instructor agreed that the engine gauges and flight instruments indicated normal operation, and no changes to the flight characteristics were noted. The strobe lights and navigation lights were on before the "loud bang" was heard; however, they had not yet turned on the landing lights. Upon landing and further examination of the airplane, blood and feathers were observed on the right wing, and substantial damage was incurred to the main spar and leading edge of the right wing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.