Cessna 172F N5424R

Summary

On 6 April 2021 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172F registered N5424R, operated by Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC, was involved in an accident near Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. One person was 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

6 April 2021 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Grays Creek (2GC)

Coordinates

34.8937, -78.8435

Aircraft

Cessna 172F

Registration

N5424R

Category

Airplane

Year built

1965

Engines

1

Operator

Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elizabethtown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA176

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent noseover.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing the airplane on a 3,500-ft-long runway and reported that the airplane was “long and fast” during the approach. The airplane floated down the runway before eventually touching down. Seeing that the end of the runway was approaching, the pilot applied the brakes. After the nose landing gear touched down, the airplane veered off the runway to the left. As it departed the runway surface, the propeller struck the ground and the airplane nosed over. The airplane’s fuselage, left wing, and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.