20040730018339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Oregon City, OR · July 30, 2004

Date
July 30, 2004 · 18:30 local
Place
Oregon City, OR
Airport
Aeroacres Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N105PD
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI04CA209
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total35 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On July 30, 2004, about 6:30 pm CDT, MS. Trista brown was performing the first student solo flight at sublette, KS (19S) in a Cessna CE-172, N105PD. The visibility and ceilings were unlimited and there was a light crosswind from the southeast when Ms. Brown landed on runway 19 at a point approximately 1/3 to 1/2 down the runway. The aircraft drifted to the right side of the runway and encountered a ditch paralleling the runway at which time the right wing struck the ground and the airplane upended and came to rest upside down. The pilot received no injuries but the aircraft suffered substantial damage to the engine, both wing and the empennage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 30, 2004, ABOUT 6:30 PM CDT, MS. TRISTA BROWN WAS PERFORMING THE FIRST STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT AT SUBLETTE, KS (19S) IN A CESSNA CE-172, N105PD. THE VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS WERE UNLIMITED AND THERE WAS A LIGHT CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTHEAST WHEN MS. BROWN LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 1/3 TO 1/2 DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND ENCOUNTERED A DITCH PARALLELING THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE UPENDED AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, BOTH WING AND THE EMPENNAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.