20080919847929A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172L · York, NE · September 19, 2008

Date: September 19, 2008 · 16:13 local
Place: York, NE
Airport: York Municipal
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N4380Q
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN08FA155
Reported as: Cessna 172L
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,945 total652 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

N4380QRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2012 · Cessna 172LS/N 17260280 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna 172L Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On September 19, 2008, Cessna 172L, N4380Q, taxied to runway 17 at the York, NE municipal airport at approximately 1600 local time. The aircraft flight was initiated with the intention of a VFR training flight under 14 CFR part 91. A witness stated the aircraft started its takeoff roll on 17 just south of the intersection of runways 17/35 and 05/23. The witness also stated that the aircraft climbed to an altitude of 100 to 150 feet above ground level (AGL), at a climb angle of approximately 15 degrees with the wing level and then the aircraft pitch changed to a nose down attitude and continued into the grass until it came to rest approximately 175 feet from the initial point of impact. The angle of the skid was approximately 10 degrees east from the center line of runway 17. The instructor pilot and student pilot were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008, CESSNA 172L, N4380Q, TAXIED TO RUNWAY 17 AT THE YORK, NE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT WAS INITIATED WITH THE INTENTION OF A VFR TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. A WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL ON 17 JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 17/35 AND 05/23. THE WITNESS ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 100 TO 150 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), AT A CLIMB ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES WITH THE WING LEVEL AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCH CHANGED TO A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS UNTIL IT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT. THE ANGLE OF THE SKID WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES EAST FROM THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 17. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN08FA155Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportYork, NEThe student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and the flight instructor's failure to take remedial action, for undetermined reasons.Sep 19, 2008 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4380Q · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19750130002369AFinal Approach · Eden Prairie, MNJan 30, 1975 · Substantial damage