# Accident 20000209009629A: Cessna 172, Lyndonville, VT, February 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lyndonville, VT
- Airport: Caledonia County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5691° N, 72.0180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CALEDONIA COUNTY (CDA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5691&lon=-72.0180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8328B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8328B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000209009629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT MAKING HIS FIRST SOLO LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 LOST CONTROL OF A/C ON TOUCHDOWN AND WENT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. A/C SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING. (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED A 1-HOUR TRAINING FLIGHT WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR, AND THEN DEPARTED ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO VEER 20 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND DEPART THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A SNOWBANK AND CONTINUED INTO A DITCH THAT RAN PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL SETTLED INTO THE DITCH, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED 18 HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, AND THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE AIRPLANE. DURING THE AUTUMN MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE STATE'S AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION IDENTIFIED THE AIRPORT FOR A RE-GRADING PROJECT TO ELIMINATE THE DITCH. THE PROJECT, COMPLETED 7 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, ELIMINATED THE DITCH HAZARD.

## 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 IAD00LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA019), Feb 9, 2000: Cessna 172 (N8328B), Lyndonville, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor in the accident was the ditch that ran parallel to the runway.

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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