Cessna 172M N12915
24 November 2014 · Obyan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 November 2014 at about 08:17 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N12915, operated by Micronesian Aviation Systems Inc, was involved in an accident near Obyan, 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 08:17
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Obyan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Francisco C. Ada/Saipan Intl (GSN)
- Coordinates
- 15.1203, 145.7300
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M
- Registration
- N12915
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1973
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Micronesian Aviation Systems Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Agana → Obyan
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR15CA069
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's loss of airplane control during the landing flare in gusting wind conditions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was flying the first leg of a solo cross-country flight. The departure was uneventful, and she requested a stop-and-go landing with air traffic controllers as she approached the first destination. She received the clearance and began to initiate the descent while extending the flaps. During the landing flare the airplane encountered a gust of wind, and she applied forward elevator pressure. The nosewheel struck the ground hard and she attempted to perform a go-around, but the airplane departed to the right of the runway and came to rest in a grass area. The nose gear was bent aft during the initial ground strike, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and forward fuselage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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