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Cessna 172S N5256S

19 June 2022 · Fargo, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 June 2022 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N5256S, operated by Fargo Jet Center LLC, was involved in an accident near Fargo, North Dakota, United States. 4 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.

The record

Date
at 23:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Hector Intl (FAR)
Coordinates
46.9222, -96.8160
Aircraft
Cessna 172S
Registration
N5256S
Category
Airplane
Year built
2009
Engines
1
Operator
Fargo Jet Center LLC
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CEN22LA281

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

The flight instructor’s failure to adequately monitor the pilot flying, which resulted in a nose-wheel first hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that during a discovery flight, the customer in the right seat locked his arms forward during landing and the instructor was unable to overpower him. The airplane subsequently landed hard with the nose wheel first and bounced. The instructor conducted a go-around and landed safely. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the airframe.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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