# Accident 20141108020249A: Cessna 172S, Hinton, VA, November 8, 2014 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 8, 2014, 19:30 local time - Place: Hinton, VA - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 38.5539° N, 79.0150° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5539&lon=-79.0150&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2152T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2152T-2018-03-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, unknown or foreign certificate - Pilot flight hours: 5,938 total, 56 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA046) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141108020249A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. CONDUCTED FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW WITH SURVIVING STUDENT PILOT WHO STATED THE CAUSE AS CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN DURING A NIGHT VFR TRAINING FLIGHT. OUTCOME: CFI FATALLY INJURED, STUDENT PILOT AIR-EVACUATED WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. CFI ASSIGNED A NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY ROUTE, OKV - HSP, TO THE STUDENT WITHOUT CONDUCTING ANY PRIOR FLIGHT PLANNING FOR ROUTE, ALTITUDE, ETC. CFI ASSIGNED HEADING BASED ON GPS DIRECT-TO INFORMATION AND ASSIGNED THE STUDENT AN ALTITUDE OF 3,000 FT MSL. CFI WAS DEMONSTRATING OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AUTOPILOT IN THE MOMENTS JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. CFI HAD PROGRAMMED A 500 FT/MIN CLIMB WITHOUT ADDING POWER. STUDENT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF AIRSPEED SO CFI APPLIED MAXIMUM POWER JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A 3,700 FT MSL PEAK. STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED NORMALLY AND WAS NOT A FACTOR. NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED NO USE OF RADAR SERVICES / VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING CFI DID NOT HAVE AN AERONAUTICAL CHART OUT DURING THE FLIGHT. CHART WAS IN HIS FLIGHT BAG. NO VIOLATION FILED, PIC DECEASED. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ERA15FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA046), Nov 8, 2014: Cessna 172 (N2152T), Hinton, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to conduct a night training flight in mountainous terrain without conducting or allowing the student to conduct appropriate preflight planning and his lack of… ## Other reports on N2152T (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20111024024309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111024024309I), Oct 24, 2011: Cessna 172S (N2152T), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. Pilot landed at fdk on rwy 05 without incident. He proceeded on taxiway bravo making a left turn off the taxiway and onto the grass. When he realized he had… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.