Cessna 172M N1221U accident near Terrell, Texas

Probable cause

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial response.

NTSB analysis

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot was landing the airplane with a left crosswind. On touchdown, the airplane bounced, pitched up, and drifted toward the right side of the runway. The flight instructor told the student pilot to go around and then attempted to take control of the airplane. The airplane touched down in the grass, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage, vertical stabilizer and rudder, and right wing strut. At the time of the accident, the airplane was landing on runway 18 with wind 100o at 7 knots.

Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN23LA154 for the full record.