# Accident 20240704015509A: Cessna 172N, Lockhaven, PA, July 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2024, 10:10 local time
- Place: Lockhaven, PA
- Airport: William T. Piper Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1425° N, 77.4178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1425&lon=-77.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240704015509A

## Narrative

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

A STUDENT PILOT FLEW SOLO FROM WILLIAMSPORT AIRPORT (IPT) WILLIAMSPORT, PA. TO LOCK HAVEN AIRPORT (LHV) LOCK HAVEN, PA.  THE STUDENT PILOT POSSESSED THE REQUIRED SOLO ENDORSEMENTS TO FLY TO LHV AND HAD LOGGED A TOTAL OF ONE HALF HOUR OF SOLO FLIGHT TIME AT IPT WHEN THE FLIGHT DEPARTED.  WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND, A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA RECORDED THE AIRCRAFT HIGH ON FINAL, FLAPS EXTENDED. WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF OF THE RUNWAY REMAINING.  POWER WAS APPLIED AS OBSERVED BY AN UNCORRECTED LEFT YAW, INDICATING A GO-AROUND/ABORTED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT EXITS THE FRAME OF THE CAMERA AT THIS POINT.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED INTO CAMERA VIEW IT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN A LEFT-WING LOW TURN, NEARLY NINETY-DEGREE BANK AND DESCENDED INTO A WOODED AREA IMPACTING TREES.  A FEW SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

POST INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRODUCING POWER AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED.

## 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 ERA24FA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA292), Jul 4, 2024: Cessna 172N (N739GV), Lock Haven, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s premature turn to the crosswind leg of the traffic pattern at low airspeed and altitude, resulting in a collision with trees and terrain.

## Other reports on N739GV (2)

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

- [Accident 20020805021539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020805021539A), Aug 5, 2002: Cessna 172N (N739GV), Williamsport, PA, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 5, 2002, at 1100 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N739GV, was substantially damaged when it impacted a hangar while taxiing at the…
- [Accident 19910523017399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910523017399A), May 23, 1991: Cessna 172N (N739GV), Canadensis, PA, Substantial damage. Landed on downhill short runway into wind. Tried to stop by swerving and hit trees. One way strip due to downhill.

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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