Cessna 172N N4753D

Summary

On 26 October 2009 at about 21:10 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N4753D was involved in an accident near Marysville, Ohio, 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

26 October 2009 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Marysville, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Union County Airport (MRT)

Coordinates

40.2247, -83.3517

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N4753D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → Columbus

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA033

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on a solo flight, the student pilot was attempting to land on runway 09 when the airplane exited the left side of the runway onto a grassy median. The airplane sustained damage to the landing gear and firewall during the accident. In a statement to law enforcement officers, the pilot reported that he was landing in a crosswind which pushed the airplane to the left. He stated that he was unable to control the drift of the airplane and the left wheel entered the grass and pulled the airplane into the grass. He remarked that the damage to the airplane happened when it struck a bump in the grass near the taxiway at about 20 knots. The recorded winds at a nearby airport were 180 degrees at 8 knots about 30 minutes prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.