ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290786
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 2015 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | David F Waggoner |
| Registration: | N20488 |
| MSN: | 17261331 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4857 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McMinnville, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Aurora State Airport, OR (KUAO) |
| McMinnville Municipal Airport, OR (KMMV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that on his first night training flight he was practicing takeoffs and landings. He stated that during his third approach, as he was turning from base to final, the precision approach path indicator (PAPI) displayed four red lights, indicating that he was below the recommended approach path. The flight instructor told him that he was too low and to add power. The student pilot added power and the far left PAPI light started to turn from red to white. He reported that on short final, he reduced engine power to idle and that during touchdown, the airplane collided with a runway threshold light. The airplane sustained substantial damage to horizontal stabilizer spar.
The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's failure to correct the student pilot's approach path during the final approach, which resulted in a collision with runway threshold lights. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's failure to attain and maintain the recommended approach path.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA16CA011
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 March 2006 | N20488 | Willamette Aviation | 0 | Aurora, Oregon | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 19:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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