Cessna 172 N5720A

Summary

On 13 June 2010 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5720A, operated by Ward Leigh C, was involved in an accident near Cascade, Idaho, 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

13 June 2010 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cascade, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Sulphur Creek (ID74)

Coordinates

44.5364, -115.3508

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5720A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ward Leigh C

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Challis → Cascade

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10CA327

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s encounter with an unknown hole in the runway during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that after an uneventful landing, the airplane drifted approximately 20 feet to the left of the runway centerline during the landing roll on the gravel and turf runway. The pilot corrected back to the runway centerline just as the airplane’s nose landing gear dropped into a large unnoticed hole. The airplane came to an immediate stop and sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.