Crash location | 44.536389°N, 115.350833°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
Nearest city | Cascade, ID
44.516282°N, 116.041798°W 34.1 miles away |
Tail number | N5720A |
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Accident date | 13 Jun 2010 |
Aircraft type | Cessna 172 |
Additional details: | None |
The pilot reported that after an uneventful landing, the airplane drifted approximately 20 feet to the left of the runway centerline during the landing roll on a gravel and turf runway. The pilot corrected back to the runway centerline just as the airplane’s nose landing gear dropped into a large unnoticed hole. The airplane came to an immediate stop and sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions prior to the accident.
The pilot’s encounter with an unknown hole in the runway during the landing roll.