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C172 instructor pilot reported discovering; after a 2.1 hour flight; that the wing tip had fallen off. Maintenance admitted that not all of the fasteners had been reinstalled after the wingtip had been removed for maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1397194 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wingtip |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 550 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance |
Narrative:
Left [home airport] and did a few laps in the pattern then went to [an airport 22 NM away] and did a few laps in the pattern then back to base [airport]. Somewhere in our 2.1 hour flight the wingtip fell off. After we arrived on the ground we learned that maintenance didn't put all the screws back in the wing tip and then on preflight I missed on my walk around that some screws were missing. I am not positive where the wingtip fell off as I didn't notice until our post flight check.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 instructor pilot reported discovering; after a 2.1 hour flight; that the wing tip had fallen off. Maintenance admitted that not all of the fasteners had been reinstalled after the wingtip had been removed for maintenance.
Narrative: Left [home airport] and did a few laps in the pattern then went to [an airport 22 NM away] and did a few laps in the pattern then back to base [airport]. Somewhere in our 2.1 hour flight the wingtip fell off. After we arrived on the ground we learned that maintenance didn't put all the screws back in the wing tip and then on preflight I missed on my walk around that some screws were missing. I am not positive where the wingtip fell off as I didn't notice until our post flight check.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.