Cessna 172P accident near Chesapeake, VA
On July 5, 2010, a Cessna 172P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chesapeake, VA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 5, 2010
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.572°N, 76.343°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100705X80144
Official records · ERA10FA346
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Memorandum For Record - ATC Transcipt (Partial): Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 5, 2010, about 1415 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N52614, was substantially damaged when it impacted the ground in Chesapeake, Virginia. The airplane had departed the Chesapeake Regional Airport (CPK), Chesapeake, Virginia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The certificated airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The CPK airport access records indicated that the pilot's access card was last utilized at 1256:32. About 1414, a radio transmission was recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Norfolk Air Traffic Control (ATC) Radar Approach Control facility. The transmission was "mayday mayday mayday Cessna five two six one four about five south of Chesapeake airport over the big fields have a flight control malfunctions looks like I'm going down;" this was the only transmission received from the accident flight. A radar target that was subsequently identified by the FAA Norfolk Approach Control facility as the subject airplane depicted the airplane at an altitude of 1,400 feet above mean sea level in the vicinity of the accident location. According to the radar data, the airplane orbited in that vicinity from about 1345 until the time of the accident. The airplane began returning a transponder beacon code of 7700 at 1414:49, and at 1415:48, the final radar return was received from the airplane. A representative of Lockheed Martin Flight Services (LMFS) reported that "no services were pro
Probable cause
The airplane's impact with terrain for undetermined reasons following the pilot's report of a flight control malfunction.
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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.
