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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Cornelia, GA · June 8, 2016

Date
June 8, 2016 · 13:30 local
Place
Cornelia, GA
Airport
Habersham County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N444WM
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA316
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

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.

Pilot statement as follows:

To who it may concern:

Today June 8, 2016 at approximately 1:30 pm EST, I was flying a C172N N444WM with a student jonathan olsen. It was flight lesson number five and were starting training in the pattern. On the fourth landing, the airplane lost directional control on the landing and a go around was attempted at which time the airplane exited the runway to the right and sustained damage. There were no injuries and the student and myself exited the aircraft, gathered our belongings, and returned to the airport.

privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS:

TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN:

TODAY JUNE 8, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM EST, I WAS FLYING A C172N N444WM WITH A STUDENT JONATHAN OLSEN. IT WAS FLIGHT LESSON NUMBER FIVE AND WERE STARTING TRAINING IN THE PATTERN. ON THE FOURTH LANDING, THE AIRPLANE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON THE LANDING AND A GO AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED AT WHICH TIME THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE STUDENT AND MYSELF EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, GATHERED OUR BELONGINGS, AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT.

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NTSB investigation

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