# Accident 19981114031779A: Cessna 172N, Lancaster, CA, November 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1998, 10:23 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7411° N, 118.2186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7411&lon=-118.2186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114031779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19)ON NOVEMBER 14, 1998, AT 1032 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N733AM, VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING AT THE GENERAL WM. J. FOX AIRFIELD IN LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND ORIGINATED AT AN UNSPECIFICED TIME.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 24, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATION WAS REPORTING CALM WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.(.4) THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL.  HE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF BY REDUCING POWER AND APPLYING BRAKES,  BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE SCRUB BRUSH.  THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED A BERM AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  THE AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATION WAS REPORTING CALM WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO    FLEW THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NOT NOTED ANY DISCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT, NOR WERE ANY FOUND DURING THE SUBSEQUENT POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION. THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT.                                              (-23) STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TOUCH-AND-GO TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY, STRUCK A DIRT BERM, CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA031), Nov 14, 1998: Cessna 172N (N733AM), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft.

## Other reports on N733AM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021221034509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021221034509A), Dec 21, 2002: Cessna 172N (N733AM), Pacoima, CA, Substantial damage. (.19)On December 21, 2002, at 1400 pacific standard time, a Cessna 172N, N733AM, made a hard landing at whiteman airport, Pacoima, California. The airplane was…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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