Cessna 172 N5170K

Summary

On 13 May 2021 at about 22:50 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5170K, operated by Skywarrior Flight Training Inc, was involved in an accident near Gulf Shores, Alabama, 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

13 May 2021 at 22:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Jack Edwards Ntl (JKA)

Coordinates

30.2911, -87.6750

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5170K

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Skywarrior Flight Training Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairhope → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA216

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control during an attempted go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and student pilot were approaching the runway for landing. The flight instructor described that during the landing flare, the airplane drifted to the left of the runway centerline, and as the student attempted to apply corrective control inputs, the flight instructor told the student to abort the landing. After the student hesitated, the flight instructor took control of the airplane while it was “…in a nose high attitude, slow and banked left.” The flight instructor increased engine power to full, retracted the flaps to 20 degrees, but noted that the airplane was slow and struggling to climb. The flight instructor then lost directional control of the airplane and elected to continue straight ahead and land. The airplane came to rest in a grassy area off the left side of the runway and the fuselage and wings were substantially damaged. The flight instructor stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.