Cessna 172R Accident at Lille Marcq-en-Baroeul (F-HYCB)

Flight Details and Accident Sequence On August 30, 2015, at 12:50 local time, a Cessna 172R with registration F-HYCB departed from Lille Marcq-en-Baroeul aerodrome for a local private flight. The aircraft was operated by a 49-year-old pilot and carried three passengers. After approximately 1.5 hours of flight, the pilot joined the right-hand traffic pattern for grass runway 08. The pilot reported an approach with 30° flaps and an estimated final approach speed of 70 to 75 knots. During the flare, the aircraft bounced twice. The pilot then interrupted the landing, applied full power, and set the flaps to 20°. During the initial climb, the stall warning activated. The pilot maintained the aircraft's attitude to avoid an obstacle at the end of the runway. The stall warning then sounded continuously as the pilot saw a hedge of bushes and initiated a left turn to avoid it. The aircraft collided with the ground, slid for approximately 30 meters, and came to rest 175 meters beyond the threshold of runway 26. The aircraft was heavily damaged. ## Pilot and Aircraft Information The pilot, who began training in January 2014, held a private pilot license for airplanes since May 2015. He had approximately 150 hours of flight time on type, 37 hours in the last three months, and 3.5 hours in the last 24 hours, all on type. The aircraft's flight manual recommended an approach speed of 62 knots with 30° flaps. For an interrupted landing, the manual specified setting flaps to 20° immediately after applying full power, or to 10° if obstacles needed to be cleared. The stall speed in a clean configuration was approximately 50 knots. The estimated mass during the go-around was close to the aircraft's maximum takeoff weight of 1,111 kg. ## Environmental and Wreckage Factors At the time of the accident, the wind was from the south at approximately 6 knots, and the temperature was 26°C. The runway was wet due to rain the previous day and that morning. The wreckage showed the elevator trim in a 1/3 nose-down position and the flap control in the retracted position.