Cessna 172RG accident near Marthasville, MO
On April 23, 2002, a Cessna 172RG (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marthasville, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 23, 2002
- Place
- Marthasville, MO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172RG · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.620°N, 91.049°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020501X00605
Official records · CHI02FA113
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 23, 2002, at 1510 central daylight time, a Cessna 172RG, N5388R, operated by Thunder Air Charter, Inc., was destroyed during an initial climb from runway 16 at the Washington Memorial Airport (MO6), Marthasville, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight was not operating on a flight plan. The private pilot was fatally injured, and the certified flight instructor (CFI) received serious injuries. The flight originated from the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Saint Louis, Missouri, at 1346. The CFI stated, "...[the private pilot] intecepted and tracked the 090 radial to the FTZ VOR. While tracking the radial, she performed slow flight and other manuevers under the hood. She then flew the VOR 16 approach to MO6. After the approach, she perfromed a go-around, and remained in the Runway 16 traffic pattern. She then perfomed 3 short-field takeoffs and landings. She then performed 4 soft-field touch-and-goes. The final soft-field landing was performed well, and she continued with the soft-field takeoff. The landing gear handle was down, and the flaps were 10 degrees. The plane was in ground effect and [the pilot] was waiting for the plane to accelerate through Vy (84 KIAS) to commence climb-out. As the plane was approaching Vy, the nose unexpectedly pitched down, and the prop of the plane hit the runway. [The pilot] reacted to the nose-down pitching movement, and pulled back on the yoke to counteract it; the nose pitched up; and as she said "What do I do?" she relinquished the c
Probable cause
The inadequate supervision and the stall encountered by the certified flight instructor.
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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.
