Cessna 172 N6576H

Summary

On 5 July 2016 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6576H, operated by JB Aviation, was involved in an accident near Wonder Lake, Illinois, 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

5 July 2016 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Wonder Lake, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Galt Field (10C)

Coordinates

42.4072, -88.3739

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N6576H

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

JB Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wonder Lake → Wonder Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16LA246

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision and lack of remedial action due to his diverted attention to a radio call, which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an instructional flight, the student pilot was landing the airplane. As the flight instructor observed the student's approach, he noted that the approach path was too low, so he prompted the student to add more engine power. The instructor then diverted his attention to a radio call with another airplane and did not monitor the student's approach path. When the instructor realized that the approach path was too low to make the runway, there was insufficient time for him to intervene before the airplane landed short of the runway. The instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane before the accident

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.