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Aviation accident ERA26LA227
NONE · CESSNA 172R · 2026-03-22 · Maiden, NC, USA
Event
- NTSB number
ERA26LA227
- Event ID
20260604203119
- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2026-03-22
- Location
- Maiden, NC, USA
- Coordinates
- 35.577884, -81.111029
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 2
- Total aboard
- 2
Aircraft
- Make
- CESSNA
- Model
- 172R
- Registration
- N870CP
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a rejected takeoff from a tailwind departure and subsequent runway excursion.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown