Cessna 172S N53460

Summary

On 4 March 2012 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N53460 was involved in an accident near Lafayette, Tennessee, 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

4 March 2012 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lafayette, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Lafayette Municipal (3M7)

Coordinates

36.5200, -86.0581

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N53460

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lebanon → Lebanon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA209

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate compensation for gusting crosswind conditions during landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot estimated the wind was from 270 degrees at 13 mph gusting to 25 mph when he was conducting a touch-and-go landing on runway 1. As the main landing gear touched down, a gust of wind lifted the airplane back into the air, to an altitude of about 8 feet above ground level. The airplane landed again, hard, on the runway, and the pilot added power to abort the landing. The pilot returned to his departure airport without further incident; however, subsequent examination revealed damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.