Cessna 172 accident near Tyrone, PA
On May 1, 2019, a Cessna 172 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tyrone, PA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 1, 2019
- Place
- Tyrone, PA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.764°N, 78.211°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190501X50237
Official records · ERA19FA161
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- NTSB Prepared Transcription Of Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT**This report was modified on June 23, 2021. Please see the public docket for this investigation to view the original report.** On May 1, 2019, about 1251 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N733KZ, was destroyed when it when it was involved in an accident near Tyrone, Pennsylvania. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The pilot filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan through the ForeFlight application for the intended flight from University Park Airport (UNV), State College, Pennsylvania, to Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (BTP), Butler, Pennsylvania. According to audio recordings from the UNV air traffic control tower (ATCT), on initial contact with ground control, the pilot advised the controller that he had obtained automated terminal information service update Papa and requested to taxi to runway 24 for a westbound departure. The controller asked the pilot if he wanted to depart on the filed IFR flight plan or if he was “going VFR [visual flight rules],” and he replied he would depart under VFR. The controller then cleared the pilot for takeoff from runway 24, provided him an updated altimeter setting, and told him to advise when he departed class D airspace. The pilot acknowledged the instruction but ultimately did not advise the controller when he departed the airport’s airspace. No further communications were received from the pilot. According to Federal Aviation Administration radar flight track data, the airplane departed abo
Probable cause
The pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in controlled flight into trees and terrain.
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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.
