20040929025959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Olathe, KS · September 29, 2004

Date
September 29, 2004 · 07:42 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N994PD
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
37 total34 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Prior to the incident, the student pilot and his instructor conducted several touch-and-go's. the student was then released to continue traffic pattern operations solo (his 3rd supervised solo). After the fourth landing the student reported that, after applying full power for take off, the aircraft veered to the left and he was unable to regain directional control. The aircraft struck a taxiway and runway light, continued across a parallel taxiway, and down a sloping grassy area. Damage to N994PD was limited to both main landing gear strut fairings and right horizontal stabilizer leading edge. Post-incident inspection revealed no abnormalities with the brake system or nose wheel steering. This investigation,privacy data omitted, is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE STUDENT PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR CONDUCTED SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GO'S. THE STUDENT WAS THEN RELEASED TO CONTINUE TRAFFIC PATTERN OPERATIONS SOLO (HIS 3RD SUPERVISED SOLO). AFTER THE FOURTH LANDING THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT, AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER FOR TAKE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY LIGHT, CONTINUED ACROSS A PARALLEL TAXIWAY, AND DOWN A SLOPING GRASSY AREA. DAMAGE TO N994PD WAS LIMITED TO BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRINGS AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE. POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM OR NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THIS INVESTIGATION,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.