# Accident 20151001016679A: Cessna 172M, Mcminnville, OR, October 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2015, 08:10 local time
- Place: Mcminnville, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2000° N, 123.1300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2000&lon=-123.1300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20488, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20488) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,519 total, 522 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151001016679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CFII WAS PROVIDING NIGHT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AT THE MMV AIRPORT TO A STUDENT PILOT WHO DID NOT HAVE NIGHT FLIGHT ENDORSEMENTS OR SOLO ENDORSEMENT IN CE-172 .  THE STUDENT WAS APPROACHING RWY 22 FOR TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE, AND WAS ALLOWED TO DESCEND ON THE PAPI UNTIL ALL FOUR LIGHTS SHOWED RED.  THE CFI DID NOT TAKE THE CONTROLS BACK FROM THE STUDENT OR REQUIRE FLIGHT PATH CORRECTIONS, AND THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY END LIGHT AT THE APPROACH END OF RWY 22 JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN.

AFTER THE IMPACT, THE INSTRUCTOR TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND FOUND THE RH MLG STRUT FAIRING HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY IMPACTING THE LIGHT.  HE REPORTED DOING A "CURSORY" INSPECTION OF THE LOWER FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR OTHER DAMAGE, CONTACTED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL OWNER, AND TOLD THE OWNER THAT NO OTHER DAMAGE HAD BEEN FOUND THAN A BENT RH MLG FAIRING.  CFI THEN FLEW THE AIRPLANE TO AURORA AIRPORT (UAO) WITH THE STUDENT ON BOARD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

WHEN DISCOVERED THE NEXT DAY BY THE FLIGHT SCHOOL OWNER, IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE TO THE RH MLG STRUT FAIRING, DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  CLOSE UP INSPECTION FOUND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE HAD BEEN INCURRED TO THE RH HORIZONTAL STABLIZER SPAR, WHICH HAD BEEN BENT BY IMPACT AT THE LOWER EDGE APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT OUTBOARD OF THE CENTER SECTION.

## 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 GAA16CA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA011), Oct 2, 2015: Cessna 172M (N20488), McMinnville, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to correct the student pilot's approach path during the final approach, which resulted in a collision with runway threshold lights. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N20488 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060328030479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060328030479A), Mar 28, 2006: Cessna 172M (N20488), Aurora, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) This office was not notified of this accident. We did not receive a fax/other from nwmr r.o. the first we learned of this accident was when AAI-200…

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.

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