Cessna 172A N7326T

Summary

On 20 March 2009 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172A registered N7326T, operated by VENABLE JAMES D and Bruce McDonald, was involved in an accident near Corsicana, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 2009 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Corsicana, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

C. David Campell Field (KCRS)

Coordinates

32.0236, -96.4003

Aircraft

Cessna 172A

Registration

N7326T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

VENABLE JAMES D and Bruce McDonald

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Corsicana → Corsicana

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA226

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot made a normal approach to the runway in his single-engine airplane at an airspeed of approximately 70 miles per hour. During the landing flare, the stall horn sounded and the pilot released back pressure on the control wheel. Subsequently, the airplane landed hard on the runway and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane skidded across the runway before it came to a complete stop. The pilot was able to safely egress the airplane before it was consumed by postimpact fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.