Cessna 172P accident near Ballston Spa, NY
On March 30, 2000, a Cessna 172P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ballston Spa, NY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 30, 2000
- Place
- Ballston Spa, NY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.999°N, 73.851°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20712
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 30, 2000, at 1424 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 172P, N98574, operated by Richmor Aviation, Inc. was destroyed when it struck the ground after departure from Saratoga County Airport, Ballston Spa, New York. The certificated flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight. No flight plan had been filed for the flight that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. Witnesses reported the airplane departed on Runway 23. One witness reported: "...The plane was ascending and looked like a good take-off with a slight flutter, meaning that the wings dipped slightly right to left which is not uncommon. Then I heard the engine throttle down for a few seconds, then it seemed to rev back up again, and everything seemed fine as the plane gained more altitude. Then the plane banked a little to the left. I thought it seemed a little early for the pilot to be banking. Then kind of suddenly, the plane banked steeply to the left. I remember not hearing any engine noise from the plane at this point. The attitude of the airplane did not seem like a steep climb to me, just a normal slight nose up. When the plane banked over steeply. I saw it nose down and go down into the trees...." A second witness reported: "...I heard an airplanes engine and I looked up toward it. I saw a plane heading south toward Geyser Road flying about 20-30 feet above tree level. The plane was light in color...The plane started to bank to the left heading east on Geyser Road. Once the plane started to make the
Probable cause
a loss of control for undetermined reason(s).
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
