# Accident 20050824020859A: Cessna 172S, Savannah, GA, August 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2005, 13:19 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1231° N, 81.2011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1231&lon=-81.2011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21670, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21670) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total, 411 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050824020859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT (SP) WAS CONDUCTING A LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) SAID EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL ON THE APPROACH. AS THE SP FLARED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE INITIAL CORRECTION MADE BY THE SP WAS TO MAKE A LEFT PEDAL INPUT (RATHER THAN A LEFT WING DOWN AND A RIGHT PEDAL INPUT). THE SP REALIZED THAT THE INPUT WAS INCORRECT AND THEN LOWERED THE LEFT WING TO STOP THE RIGHT DRIFT. THE SP THEN APPLIED THE RIGHT PEDAL TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT PARALLEL TO THE CENTERLINE. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND, THE IP EXPLAINED THAT THE SP THEN MADE A LEFT PEDAL INPUT TO GET BACK TO THE CENTERLINE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND QUICKLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE IP TOOK THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID ALL THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND THE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR LIGHT SYSTEM ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 36. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVERSED ACROSS THE GRASS AND INTO A DITCH ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY A-4. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AS IT IMPACTED THE FAR SIDE OF A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AS THE FIREWALL WAS BADLY DAMAGED (AS THE NOSE GEAR FOLDEDREARWARD IN THE DITCH) AND THE AFT FUSELAGE BULKHEAD WAS DISTORTED WHERE THE TAILBOOM WAS ATTACHED. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS BENT UPWARD AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND IN THE DITCH. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE RIGHT WING (OUTBOARD 1/4) AND TIP, ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT AFT (NO POWER APPLIED TO ENGINE-NO SIGNS OF CURLING/Q-TIPPING OF THE BLADES) AND SOME MINOR LEADING EDGE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE LEFT WING JUST OUTBOARD OF THE LANDING/TAXIING LIGHTS.

## 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 ATL05CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA153), Aug 24, 2005: Cessna 172S (N21670), Savannah, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor's inadequate supervision and failure to maintain directional control, resulting in an on ground collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N21670 (2)

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

- [Accident 20140914019099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140914019099A), Sep 14, 2014: Cessna 172S (N21670), Naples, FL, Substantial damage. On September 14, 2014 aircraft N21670 s/n 172S9709 a Cessna 172 returning to Naples from a student solo cross-country flight. Upon landing at Naples the…
- [Accident 20140127001129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140127001129A), Jan 27, 2014: Cessna 172S (N21670), Immokalee, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot was performing his third solo landing at kimm (Immokalee, Florida) runway 18. During the VFR approach, just before the final flair, a gust of…

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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