- Date
- December 30, 2000, 11:42 local (16:42 UTC)
- Place
- Elkhart, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6326FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20001230040859A
- Case key
- 51085
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control by the student pilot and the inadequate remedial action and inadequate supervision by the certified flight instructor. Factors were the snow and ice covered runway and the snowbank.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was performing touch and goes when it slid into a snowbank on the side of the runway. The certified flight instructor (CFI) said, "Upon landing and rollout, the aircraft slide sideways on some ice, corrections were made, but no change." The aircraft subsequently struck the snowbank at the edge of the runway. The CFI reported no mechanical malfunction in his written report. The CFI reported that the dual student was at the controls at the time of the accident. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition.
Factual narrative
On December 30, 2000, at 1142 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172N, N6326F, piloted by a certified flight instructor (CFI) and dual student, was substantially damaged during landing at the Elkhart Municipal Airport, Elkhart, Indiana. On landing, the aircraft slid into a snowbank on the side of runway 27 (6,500 feet by 120 feet snow covered asphalt). The CFI and student were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The local flight originated at 1000.
In a written statement, the CFI said, "Upon landing and rollout, the aircraft slide sideways on some ice, corrections were made, but no change." The aircraft subsequently struck the snowbank at the edge of the runway. The CFI reported no mechanical malfunctions in his written report. The CFI reported that the dual student was at the controls at the time of the accident.
A postaccident examination of the aircraft, by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector, revealed no anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6326F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273191
- Airframe hours
- 4,755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bumbalough Aviation LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 2, 2000 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- EKM · Elkhart, IN
- Airport
- EKM · Elkhart Municipal Airport, runway 27, 6,500 × 120 ft, asphalt
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
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- July 10, 2000
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 213 in this make and model · 55 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- EKM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.