Cessna 172 N737RR

Summary

On 16 April 2020 at about 22:35 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N737RR, operated by Aero Club Of Enid Inc, was involved in an accident near Enid, Oklahoma, United States. 3 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

16 April 2020 at 22:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Enid, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Fairmont Field (1OK)

Coordinates

36.3647, -97.6678

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N737RR

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Aero Club Of Enid Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Enid → Enid

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20CA152

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's delayed remedial action during a power-off approach and go-around in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing, loss of directional control, and a runway excursion onto a field.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, during a training flight, he instructed the student pilot to perform a simulated power-off approach to a private turf airstrip. He briefed the student to execute a go-around upon reaching 100 ft above ground level. Upon reaching this altitude with the airplane configured with full flaps and the airspeed about 60 knots, the instructor told the student to go around. However, the airplane continued to descend, the airspeed decreased to about 45 knots, and the airplane veered left, at which point the instructor applied full power and raised the flaps, but the airplane "touched down firmly" about midfield off the left side of the runway and continued to veer left onto a field. The instructor visually inspected the airplane from his right seat and decided to take off to the south and return to the home airport. Once at the home airport, examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing had sustained substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.