Cessna 172 N1305B

Summary

On 2 June 2018 at about 15:20 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1305B was involved in an accident near Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, 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

2 June 2018 at 15:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Triple W (5W5)

Coordinates

35.6189, -78.6994

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N1305B

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Erwin → Fuquay Varina

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA323

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from overgrown brush during taxi, which resulted in entanglement with the brush and a subsequent impact with a tree.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that, after demonstrating a simulated emergency landing, he taxied the airplane off the runway and prepared to back taxi for departure. While taxiing, the instructor and student monitored the right-wing tip clearance to the overgrown brush on the right side of the runway, but the right wing became entangled, and the airplane veered right. The instructor added left rudder and brake, but the airplane impacted a ditch. Postaccident examination revealed that the right wing struck a tree and sustained substantial damage. The instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.