Cessna 172N N5371D

Summary

On 24 April 2010 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N5371D, operated by Cohen Bruce M, was involved in an accident near Poughkeepsie, New York, 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

24 April 2010 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Dutchess County Airport (POU)

Coordinates

41.6225, -73.8839

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N5371D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cohen Bruce M

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Poughkeepsie → Poughkeepsie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA244

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing rollout.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings and full-stop landings at his home airport. The airplane touched down on the runway and started to veer left on the landing rollout. No crosswinds were present. The pilot stated, "I let the plane follow the path to the left, not wanting to over control it and having it tilt sideways or nose first into the grass. It struck the 3,000 foot sign on the side of the runway as it exited the runway, rolled out on the grass and came to a stop." The pilot indicated that he lost directional control of the airplane. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left horizontal stabilizer received structural damage; no anomalies were noted with the brakes or steering systems of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.