Cessna 172S N193ME

Summary

On 23 May 2014 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N193ME, operated by Sky Blue Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 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

23 May 2014 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Capital City Airport (CXY)

Coordinates

40.2172, -76.8514

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N193ME

Category

Airplane

Year built

2000

Engines

1

Operator

Sky Blue Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mifflintown → Harrisburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA14CA273

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for wind 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 stated that he was returning to his home airport at the conclusion of a local flight, and that he aborted the first landing attempt due to turbulence and wind gusts. Following a second approach for landing, the airplane encountered a "gust of wind" from the left during the landing flare. The airplane banked right, and the nose landing gear subsequently contacted the runway "hard." Postaccident inspection revealed that the propeller had struck the runway during landing, and further examination revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.