Cessna 172 N1766V

Summary

On 30 January 2022 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1766V, operated by Eagles Nest Flight Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Waynesboro, Virginia, 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

30 January 2022 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Waynesboro, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Eagle's Nest (W13)

Coordinates

38.0773, -78.9446

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N1766V

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Engines

1

Operator

Eagles Nest Flight Services 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

ERA22LA113

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s loss of directional control while landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that during the landing rollout of his first solo landing, the airplane veered left, impacted a snowbank, and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. 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.