Cessna 172S accident near Monroe, GA
On March 21, 2003, a Cessna 172S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Monroe, GA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 21, 2003
- Place
- Monroe, GA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.867°N, 83.731°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030325X00386
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 21, 2003, at 1050 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S, N219ME, registered to Blass Aviation LLC, operated by Elite Flight Center as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, collided with the ground in the vicinity of Monroe, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot certified flight instructor and dual student pilot were fatally injured. The flight originated from Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, on March 21, 2003, at 1033. A witness stated she was driving her car towards Highway 81 on Bold Springs Road. She observed a white airplane approaching her location going from left to right. The airplane was at about 1,500 feet in straight and level flight but was traveling at a very fast airspeed. She observed the nose of the airplane descend down to a 45-degree attitude and the airspeed increased. The airplane was observed to start a spin to the right and turned about 180-degrees when a wing separated from the airplane followed by other pieces of the airplane. The nose pitched straight down and the airplane disappeared from view behind the trees. She called 911 and reported the accident at 10:48. Another witness who was standing in a pasture at the corner of Fannie Thompson Road and Nicholsville Road stated she heard an airplane approaching her location. She looked up and observed the airplane in a 45-degree nose down attitude. The airplane was making a loud noise similar to an increase in airspeed. The nose of the airplane pitched down to a 90-degree atti
Probable cause
The pilot’s exceedence of the design limits of the airplane, which resulted in the overload failure of the horizontal stabilizers, followed by the overload separation of the right wing and subsequent loss of control.
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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.
