ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279300
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| Date: | Thursday 16 June 2022 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M SuperHawk |
| Owner/operator: | Franklin Air Services LLC |
| Registration: | N5064H |
| MSN: | 17265325 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4047 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rosman, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Asheville Regional Airport, NC (AVL/KAVL) |
| Asheville Regional Airport, NC (AVL/KAVL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 16, 2022, about 1745 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N5064H, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Brevard, North Carolina. The pilot and the two passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot and two passengers were flying at low altitudes over a camp and dropping candy from the airplane. The pilot recalled that the airplane was “a couple hundred feet” above the trees in slow flight; the next thing that the pilot remembered was waking up in a hospital. During the flight, one of the passengers commented to the pilot that the airplane was getting close to the treetops and that he needed to apply power and pull up. The pilot stated something similar to, “I’m working on it.” The passenger recalled that the airplane hit trees and that he woke up next to the airplane. He also stated that the engine was operating normally.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. An onboard image recording from a camera found at the accident site revealed that the airplane was maneuvering at a low altitude and high bank angles until the airplane impacted terrain.
Given the passenger’s recollections and the onboard image recording evidence, the pilot allowed the airplane to sink below the level of the treetops while conducting high bank angles at a low altitude.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude while maneuvering the airplane at a low altitude, which resulted in impact with trees and terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/06/17/3-injured-plane-crash-camp-transylvania-co/
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/3-hurt-small-plane-crash-summer-camp-north-carolina-mountains/64R4QZVF5BFO5HS6LU6NHSH7GQ/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105281
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5064H
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5064H
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a65326&lat=35.201&lon=-82.791&zoom=11.0&showTrace=2022-06-16
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/68dd0cce303a3a6a4be1de26f4789f090d88a173 (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2022 02:28 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Jun-2022 14:05 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 14:06 | johnwg | Updated [Category] |
| 18-Jun-2022 07:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2022 16:21 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2023 17:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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