Cessna 172 N7367G

Summary

On 9 March 2019 at about 23:05 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7367G was involved in an accident near Mount Holly, New Jersey, 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

9 March 2019 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

South Jersey Regional (VAY)

Coordinates

39.9430, -74.8450

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7367G

Category

Airplane

Year built

1970

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Mount Holly

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA19LA194

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the pilot's seat back due to a sheared bolt during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that his seat back collapsed during the landing roll and he lost sight of the runway. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and impacted the segmented circle markers surrounding the windsock, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot's seat back was found disconnected on the left side of the seat base assembly attach point. The bolt head that attached the seat back to the seat base had sheared off from the seat back assembly. The bolt was removed and later misplaced, and was not available for further examination; therefore, its failure mode could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.