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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Lynchburg, VA · October 18, 2018

Date
October 18, 2018 · 10:58 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
L48S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N924MM
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA19LA019
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
326 total281 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Instructional flight taking off from rwy 4 at Lynchburg Regional Airport(lyh) experienced loss of engine RPM and vibration at approx 300 ft AGL. Performed emergency landing rwy 17 at (lyh) impacting rock ditch approx 100 ft off of runway end.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TAKING OFF FROM RWY 4 AT LYNCHBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT(LYH) EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE RPM AND VIBRATION AT APPROX 300 FT AGL. PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING RWY 17 AT (LYH) IMPACTING ROCK DITCH APPROX 100 FT OFF OF RUNWAY END.

NTSB investigation

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