# Accident 20040808019419A: Cessna 172S, Chandler, AZ, August 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2004, 10:42 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2986° N, 111.9158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2986&lon=-111.9158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5327G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5327G) (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: 53 total, 52 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040808019419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING SOLO TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. STUDENT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND INCREASED THE POWER FOR TAKE OFF. STUDENT STATED THAT AS HE INCREASED THE POWER THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT HE ADDED SOME RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT AND PULLED OFF THE POWER. THEN AS HE REACHED CENTERLINE HE REAPPLIED PARTIAL POWER THEN TAKE OFF POWER. PILOT STATED THAT BEFORE REACHING TAKE OFF SPEED HE SAW THAT THE RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE OFF. THEN, AS THE PLANE WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE PULLED OFF THE POWER. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AT HIGH SPEED IT IMPACTED A SMALL EMBANKMENT THEN CAME TO REST ENTANGLED IN THE AIRPORT PERIMETER CHAIN LINK FENCE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SECTION, BLOWN NOSE GEAR STRUT, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO REAR FUSELAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS CALM.

## 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 LAX04CA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA288), Aug 8, 2004: Cessna 172S (N5327G), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N5327G (1)

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

- [Accident 20030712018659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030712018659A), Jul 12, 2003: Cessna 172S (N5327G), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) After completing 6 full stop landings during a dual instructional flight, the flight instructor elected to authorize the student for his first solo. On…

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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