Cessna 172S N873EF

Summary

On 16 November 2013 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N873EF, operated by Florida Flyers, was involved in an accident near St. Augustine, Florida, 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

16 November 2013 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Augustine, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Northeast Florida Rgnl (SGJ)

Coordinates

29.9592, -81.3397

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N873EF

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Florida Flyers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Augustine → St. Augustine

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA106

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing roll, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and struck a runway sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing strut and left horizontal stabilizer. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any preimpact malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane had been operated about 13 hours since its most recent 100-hour inspection, which was performed 3 days before the accident. The student pilot had accumulated about 45 hours of total flight experience, all in the make and model of the accident airplane, including about 38 hours during the 90 days that preceded the accident. A 6-knot crosswind existed at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.