- Date
- July 5, 2016, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6576HCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area undershoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160705021459A
- Case key
- 93545
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Probable cause
The flight instructor's inadequate supervision and lack of remedial action due to his diverted attention to a radio call, which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway.
Findings · 3
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 an instructional flight, the student pilot was landing the airplane. As the flight instructor observed the student's approach, he noted that the approach path was too low, so he prompted the student to add more engine power. The instructor then diverted his attention to a radio call with another airplane and did not monitor the student's approach path. When the instructor realized that the approach path was too low to make the runway, there was insufficient time for him to intervene before the airplane landed short of the runway. The instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane before the accident
Factual narrative
On July 5, 2016, about 1530 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M airplane, N6576H, collided with terrain near Wonder Lake, Illinois. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to Flagship Phoenix Inc and operated by JB Aviation under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as an instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan.According to the flight instructor, he was instructing the student pilot on touch and go landings at Galt Field. He estimated the prevailing wind was out of the south-southwest at 8 to 12 knots. After two landing attempts on runway 27, the instructor directed his student to land on runway 18. While on final for the third landing to runway 18, another airplane announced their intensions to takeoff on runway 27. The 's approach path was getting low on final and the instructor prompted the student to add power. Then, the instructor coordinated with the other airplane to deconflict flight paths, and did not monitor the student's approach. When the instructor returned to instructing, the approach path was still too low and there was insufficient time for the instructor to intervene before the airplane landed short. The left main landing gear separated from the airplane, and the left wing was substantially damaged. The instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6576H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265495
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 2,231.7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- JB Aviation
- Registered owner
- Flagship Phoenix Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 2016
- Departed
- 10C · Wonder Lake, IL
- Destination
- 10C · Wonder Lake, IL
- Airport
- 10C · Galt Field, runway 18, 2,141 × 125 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 27, 2016
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 16
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KBUU, 17 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 8, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.