Cessna 172R N465CM

Summary

On 2 December 2010 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N465CM, operated by Univeristy of Central Missouri, was involved in an accident near Warrensburg, Missouri, United States. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 December 2010 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Warrensburg, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Skyhaven Airport (RCM)

Coordinates

38.7842, -93.8028

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N465CM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Univeristy of Central Missouri

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Warrensburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

CEN11CA104

Injuries not recorded.

A hard landing for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was being operated as a training airplane in a university aviation program when substantial damage, consistent with a hard landing, was discovered during a maintenance inspection. The lower portion of the engine firewall, nose landing gear/firewall doubler, and floor pans near fuselage station 30 were damaged. There were no other mechanical anomalies noted that would have precluded normal aircraft operation. The time of the accident and the identification of the pilot(s) are unknown.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.