Cessna 172S accident near McKinney, TX
On July 8, 2003, a Cessna 172S (airplane) was involved in an accident near McKinney, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 8, 2003
- Place
- McKinney, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.214°N, 96.748°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030711X01067
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 8, 2003, approximately 1144 central daylight time, a Cessna 172S single-engine airplane, N166ME, was destroyed when it impacted terrain during a forced landing following an in-flight collision with a bird approximately two miles west of Aero Country Airport (T31), near McKinney, Texas. The flight instructor and student pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to FlightProcedure, Inc., of Denton, Texas, and operated by Monarch Air, of Addison, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The local flight originated from the Addison Airport (ADS), Addison, Texas, approximately 1135. Information obtained from the Dallas-Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) revealed the aircraft departed ADS and was enroute to a designated company practice area. ARTCC received the following radio communication transmissions: At 1143:37, N166ME transmitted; "mayday, mayday, mayday, regional approach 166ME, we're going down." At 1143:42, ARTCC transmitted; "166ME, regional approach, what's your position and what can I do for you?" At 1143:46, N166ME; "yah, send somebody to pick us up, I think we're going to be fine, we ah hit ah bird, but ah we got ah, go down, we can't keep it straight with the power on, we're right up here south of 380" At 1143:58, ARTCC; "roger sir, I am showing a, ah about two miles west of aero country airport, is that you?" At 1144:02, N166ME; "that's me we're going down now, I'm going to disconnect radio cont
Probable cause
The CFI's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin during the forced landing. A contributing factor was the impact with a bird, which affected the performance of the airplane.
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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.
