Cessna 172L N7974G
7 February 2013 · Idabel, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 February 2013 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N7974G, operated by Texarkana Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Idabel, Oklahoma, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Idabel, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mc Curtain County Rgnl (4O4)
- Coordinates
- 33.9092, -94.8594
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172L
- Registration
- N7974G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Texarkana Flying Club
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Texarkana → Idabel
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN13LA167
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The solo student pilot stated that, while landing, the airplane began to veer left when its nosewheel contacted the runway. He attempted to correct with full right rudder but was unable to regain control of the airplane. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and struck a drainage ditch, which resulted in the shearing off of the nose landing gear. An examination of the airplane wreckage did not reveal any preimpact anomalies with the engine or airframe that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2013 | Cessna 172S | New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States | Phoenix East Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 2013 | Cessna 172G | Reading, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 2013 | Cessna 172N | Stow, Massachusetts, United States | Noble Airventure | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 2013 | Cessna 172P | Pontiac, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 2013 | Cessna 172N | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | Knox Flight Training | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2013 | Cessna 172S | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States | BTG Aviation, LLC | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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