Cessna 152 N6238P

Summary

On 17 May 2011 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6238P, operated by Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees DBA, was involved in an accident near Carbondale, Illinois, 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

17 May 2011 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Pinckneyville-Du Quoin Airport (PJY)

Coordinates

37.7781, -89.2519

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N6238P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees DBA

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carbondale → Carbondale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11CA344

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's relinquishing of the flight controls during the landing flare and the flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certified flight instructor (CFI) reported that the student pilot had failed the Private Pilot check ride the previous week and that the accident flight was a flight review for the student. The student pilot performed a go-around on the first landing attempt because the airplane was too high on the final landing approach. On the final leg during the second approach, the airplane was on the proper glideslope and at the appropriate airspeed. The airplane was left of centerline and about 5 feet above the runway when the student pilot initiated the flare. The CFI reported that the student pilot suddenly relinquished the flight controls without warning, and the CFI attempted to salvage the landing. The student pilot reported that he relinquished the controls to the CFI and stated, “Your controls.” The right wing tip contacted the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to two ribs in the outboard section of the wing. The CFI did not recognize that the wing tip struck the runway, so the flight returned to the departure airport. The damage to the wing was discovered during the postflight inspection of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.