- Date
- June 15, 2010, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Traverse City, MI
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N52519Cessna 172
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 76349
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Damage to the firewall for undetermined reasons.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During a scheduled 50/100 hour inspection by the operator, the engine firewall was discovered to be bent and wrinkled when the engine cowl was removed. Following the discovery, the operator performed a hard landing inspection of the airplane. The operator stated that a hard landing was not reported by any of its students or flight instructors.
Factual narrative
During a scheduled 50/100 hour inspection by the operator, the engine firewall was discovered to be bent and wrinkled when the engine cowl was removed. Following the discovery, the operator performed a hard landing inspection of the airplane. The operator stated that a hard landing was not reported by any of its students or flight instructors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52519
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10903
- Airframe hours
- 450
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Northwestern Michigan College
- Registered owner
- Northwestern Michigan College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 2010
- Departed
- Traverse City, MI
- Destination
- Unknown, MI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- TVC · Cherry Capital Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 0 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 21, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 562 KB in all.