Cessna 172R N17274

Summary

On 27 September 2023 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N17274, operated by Iasco Flight Training Inc, was involved in an accident near Redding, California, 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

27 September 2023 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Redding, California, United States

Nearest airport

Redding Muni (RDD)

Coordinates

40.5090, -122.2934

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N17274

Category

Airplane

Year built

1998

Engines

1

Operator

Iasco Flight Training Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR23LA357

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in a bounced landing and impact with the airport’s windsock.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot of the airplane reported that shortly after rotation, the airplane began to drift to the left of runway centerline. He tried/attempted to correct back to runway centerline, but the airplane continued to drift left. The airplane descended and landed hard. It bounced back into the air and impacted the windsock. The airplane came to rest upright inside the windsocks segmented circle. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, aft fuselage, right horizontal stabilizer, and right elevator. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.