ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216256
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| Date: | Sunday 14 October 2018 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Skyfusion II Llc. |
| Registration: | N996SB |
| MSN: | 17258251 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10896 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field (KLZU), Lawrenceville, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta, GA (PDK) |
| Atlanta, GA (PDK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported that the student pilot approached the runway with too shallow of an angle. The student applied forward pressure on the yoke, and the airplane's nose pitched down. The instructor recalled that the student's pitch application was excessive, and he called for a transfer of the flight controls. However, the student remained on the controls, and the instructor had to overpower the student's control inputs while the airplane was in a 45° nose-down attitude. The airplane landed hard in a level attitude, and the nose landing gear collapsed. A fire erupted in the cabin, and the instructor used the fire extinguisher to attempt to extinguish the fire. Subsequently, the airplane slid to a stop on the runway, and both occupants exited; the fire consumed the cabin.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the cabin and wings.
The instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper pitch application, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent fire. Contributing to the accident was the student’s failure to give over the flight controls to the flight instructor when instructed to do so.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N996SB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/NNum_results.aspx?NNumbertxt=996SB
Location
Media:
A small plane crashed at the Gwinnett County Airport Sunday afternoon. The two occupants in the plane exited safely but are being evaluated for injuries. pic.twitter.com/8SN9OzFe0K
— WGAUradio (@WGAUradio) 14 octobre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2018 18:27 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 14-Oct-2018 18:53 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 14-Oct-2018 18:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 19:19 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2019 07:53 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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