# Accident 20030608020799A: Cessna 172S, Prescott, AZ, June 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2003, 14:42 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BF8S
- Location: 34.6544° N, 112.4194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N519ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608020799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE FLIGHT, 3 TOUCH AND GO'S WERE PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT, ALL WITH A SLIGHT LEFT QUARTERING CROSSWIND. ON THE FOURTH LANDING, THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ON CENTERLINE, A NORMAL UNEVENTFUL TOUCHDOWN. HE RAISED THE FLAPS, AND WAS ABOUT TO APPLY POWER FOR THE TAKEOFF WHEN SUDDENLY A WIND BURST LIFTED HIS LEFT WING. THE PILOT TRIED TO COUNTERACT THIS LIFTING WITH LEFT AILERON, RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKES. THESE CONTROL INPUTS HOWEVER, WERE NOT EFFECTIVE AND COULD NOT PREVENT HIS AIRCRAFT FROM DRIFTING OFF THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX03LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA186), Jun 8, 2003: Cessna 172S (N519ER), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control. Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight in…

## Other reports on N519ER (1)

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

- [Incident 20250815012479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250815012479I), Aug 15, 2025: Cessna 172S (N519ER), Janesville, WI, Minor damage. On August 15 at approximately 0915 LCL. A Cessna 172 came in contact with a corner fence post on the airport property. The Cessna 172 was taxiing to park at…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.