Pilot Debrief

Cessna 172 near Madison, IN — 2020-03-03

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Date
2020-03-03
Location
Madison, IN, USA
Airport
IMS
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N5815E
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose-over.

NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, during the third approach, he took the controls from the student pilot and informed the student that he would land the airplane. The airplane was configured with "minimal flaps" due to gusting crosswind conditions. During landing, the wind shifted from a quartering headwind to a direct crosswind. The airplane bounced on touchdown and subsequently exited the right side of the runway, entered soft mud, and then nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing lift strut. The instructor stated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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