Cessna 172S N1307C

Summary

On 25 June 2014 at about 16:02 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N1307C, operated by J A Flight Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Knox, Indiana, 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

25 June 2014 at 16:02

Classification

Accident

Location

Knox, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Starke County (OXI)

Coordinates

41.3303, -86.6647

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N1307C

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

J A Flight Services LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Knox → Knox

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14CA322

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's use of excessive back pressure on the flight controls during an attempted go around that induced a stall and loss of control.

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

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The instructor and student pilot reported the student pilot was practicing landings. During the first landing, after crossing the runway numbers, the airplane touched down and "ballooned" back up into the air. The airplane "bounced" on the runway a second time and the instructor pilot told the student to apply full power and perform a go around. The student applied full power and pulled back hard on the control yoke. The nose of the airplane pitched up, the airplane drifted to the left and stalled, subsequently impacting terrain off the left side of the runway. No mechanical malfunction/failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal airplane operation was reported.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.