Cessna 172L N7079Q
16 January 2015 · New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 January 2015 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N7079Q, operated by Weinzierl Richard J, was involved in an accident near New Castle, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Castle Airport (KUCP)
- Coordinates
- 41.0253, -80.4133
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172L
- Registration
- N7079Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1972
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Weinzierl Richard J
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Castle → New Castle
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA15CA106
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Pilot's inadequate control of the airplane during the landing roll, 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
According to the pilot, he landed the airplane on the centerline of the runway and the airplane began to veer to the left. He applied right rudder pressure; however, the airplane continued to the left. It traveled off the left side of the runway and came to rest inverted in a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot indicated that the left brake "locked up" during the accident sequence. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that there were no malfunctions or anomalies with the brake system that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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