20050322010939A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Thermal, CA · March 22, 2005

Date
March 22, 2005 · 09:15 local
Place
Thermal, CA
Airport
Thermal Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N562AB
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX05LA118
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total32 in this make and model32 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) Student pilot practicing touch-and-go landings, lost control of aircraft when encountering gusty winds.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS, LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHEN ENCOUNTERING GUSTY WINDS.

NTSB investigation

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