Cessna 172M N73154

Summary

On 20 September 2024 at about 20:48 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N73154, operated by Bishop Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Ackerman, Mississippi, 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

20 September 2024 at 20:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Ackerman, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Ackerman Choctaw County (9M4)

Coordinates

33.3035, -89.2284

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N73154

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Bishop Services LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Moselle → Oxford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN24LA366

Nobody was injured.

The excessive airplane speed during a no-flap landing, and the pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was the interference of the instrument panel wiring with the flight control system.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during cruise flight, the airplane control yoke became hard to move, the pitch trim control wheel became loose, and the airplane lost electrical power. The pilot diverted to a nearby airport with a 3,000-ft long runway for a precautionary landing but performed a go-around because the airplane was too high. During the second approach for landing, the pilot placed the airplane into a slip to further reduce its altitude and landed about halfway down the runway at a speed of 83 knots with the wing flaps fully retracted. The pilot applied brakes to try to stop the airplane, but the airplane overran the departure end of the runway and nosed over in a grass field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and the vertical stabilizer. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the alternator power and ground terminals were not securely attached to the alternator, which would have resulted in an interruption of electrical power delivery to the electrical system and prevented the extension of the electrically operated wing flaps. Examination of the pitch control system revealed a separated pitch trim cable. There was no impingement of the pitch control system at the time of recovery and examination; however, one of the wires behind the instrument panel exhibited chafing indicative of interference with the flight control system’s cables and pulleys. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with excessive airspeed during the no-flap landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.