Cessna 172 N5210A

Summary

On 22 June 2015 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5210A, operated by Aviation Adventures, was involved in an accident near Upperville, Virginia, 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

22 June 2015 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Upperville, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

38.9717, -77.8697

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5210A

Category

Airplane

Year built

2002

Engines

1

Operator

Aviation Adventures

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Weyers Cave → Leesburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA241

Nobody was injured.

An inflight bird strike, which resulted in wing spar damage.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, while flying en route to his home airport, the airplane sustained a bird strike to the right wing. The student pilot reported that he checked the flight controls and engine performance, and made the decision to continue the flight to his destination. He reported that during the approach he noticed that it took an abnormal amount of left aileron to maintain level flight; however, he landed the airplane without further incident. A subsequent examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies prior to flight that would have prevented normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.