# Accident 20010306004549A: Cessna 172F, Clovis, NM, March 6, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2001, 16:30 local time
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Airport: Clovis Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4266° N, 103.0776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOVIS RGNL (CVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4266&lon=-103.0776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5175F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5175F-2001-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 1 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010306004549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 6, 2001 A CESSNA CE-172F AIRPLANE, N5175F OWNED BY UNITED AERO INC. AND OPERATED BY EASTERN NEW MEXICO FLIGHT ACADEMY BOTH OF CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL ON TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT THE CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKE OFF THE A/C BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT AND ROLLED OFF THE RUNWAY. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE THEN APPLIED A LITTLE RIGHT RUDDER, THE LEFT WING LOWERED AND THE A/C VEERED BACK TO THE RIGHT, NOSED OVER, AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. (.4)ON MARCH 6, 2001, AT 1630 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172F AIRPLANE, N5175F, OWNED BY UNITED AERO INC., OF CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, AND OPERATED BY EASTERN NEW MEXICO FLIGHT ACADEMY OF CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT THE CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED A                  ND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE, THE PILOT STATED THAT, DURING TAKE OFF ROLL, THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT AND ROLLED OFF OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS "A LITTLE CROSSWIND", SO HE APPLIED "A LITTLE RIGHT RUDDER" AND LOWERED THE "LEFT WING." THE AIRCRAFT VEERED BACK TO THE RIGHT, NOSED OVER, AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE FUSELAGE WAS TWISTED, AND THE RIGHT WING WAS WRINKLED. REPORTED WINDS AT CLOVIS AT 1655 WERE FROM 230 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS.

## 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 FTW01LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA075), Mar 6, 2001: Cessna 172F (N5175F), Clovis, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during take off roll resulting in a ground loop. A contributing factor was the crosswind.

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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