Cessna 172S N35585

Summary

On 17 June 2021 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N35585, operated by Wings of Eagles, was involved in an accident near Clarksville, Tennessee, 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

17 June 2021 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Outlaw Fld (CKV)

Coordinates

36.6222, -87.4149

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N35585

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

1

Operator

Wings of Eagles

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA314

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The instructor stated that this was the first flight for the student pilot. He and the student pilot were at the controls of the airplane during the takeoff roll when the airplane veered to the left. The flight instructor announced that he had control of the airplane, attempted to apply right rudder to correct the movement, however the airplane continued toward a ditch off the side of the runway. He decided to add full power to try and take off to avoid the ditch, but the airplane struck a runway light, which resulted in the left wingtip impacting the grass. The airplane settled back onto the ground, the nose gear separated, and it came to rest in a wings level nose low attitude. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the engine mount. The pilot reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.