# Accident 20030111006979A: Cessna 172S, Mt Pleasant, SC, January 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2003, 10:20 local time
- Place: Mt Pleasant, SC
- Airport: East Cooper Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8978° N, 79.7828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8978&lon=-79.7828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5199H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5199H-2019-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030111006979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AND CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BEFORE NOSE GEAR SUNK IN SOFT GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLLOVER. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT WING AND STRUT, RUDDER, VERTICAL FIN, AND NOSE WHEEL COVER. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR INJURY.

## 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 ATL03LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA034), Jan 11, 2003: Cessna 172S (N5199H), Mt. Pleasant, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain.

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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