Cessna 172 N996SB

Summary

On 14 October 2018 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N996SB, operated by Skyfusion II Llc., was involved in an accident near Lawrenceville, Georgia, 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

14 October 2018 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Gwinnett County - Briscoe Fiel (LZU)

Coordinates

33.9781, -83.9625

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N996SB

Category

Airplane

Year built

1969

Engines

1

Operator

Skyfusion II Llc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA020

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's improper pitch application, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent fire. Contributing to the accident was the student’s failure to give over the flight controls to the flight instructor when instructed to do so.

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The flight instructor reported that the student pilot approached the runway with too shallow of an angle. The student applied forward pressure on the yoke, and the airplane's nose pitched down. The instructor recalled that the student's pitch application was excessive, and he called for a transfer of the flight controls. However, the student remained on the controls, and the instructor had to overpower the student's control inputs while the airplane was in a 45° nose-down attitude. The airplane landed hard in a level attitude, and the nose landing gear collapsed. A fire erupted in the cabin, and the instructor used the fire extinguisher to attempt to extinguish the fire. Subsequently, the airplane slid to a stop on the runway, and both occupants exited; the fire consumed the cabin. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the cabin and wings. The instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.