# Accident 20051210030389A: Cessna 172S, Lawrence, KS, December 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2005, 09:45 local time
- Place: Lawrence, KS
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0117° N, 95.2167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0117&lon=-95.2167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1053X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1053X) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 36 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051210030389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING SOLO TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS ON RUNWAY 33 AT LAWRENCE, KS (KLWC). ON THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE FLAPS AFTER LANDING AND APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER. THE STUDENT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND HIT A SNOW BANK ABOUT 14 INCHES DEEP. AFTER PROCEEDING THROUGH THE SNOW BANK, THE STUDENT THEN CONTINUED TO TAXI ACROSS A GRASSY FIELD TO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. AS THE STUDENT PERFORMED HIS CROSS COUNTRY TAXI THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL WENT INTO A DITCH RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND A BROKEN NOSE GEAR FAIRING. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED BACK OUT OF THE DITCH THE TAIL SECTION STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE RUDDER WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT CONTINUED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PARKING AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 DEN06CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA022), Dec 10, 2005: Cessna 172S (N1053X), Lawrence, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper decision to continue taxiing through the field. Contributing factor's include student pilot's failure to maintain control during the takeoff roll and the drainage ditch…

## Other reports on N1053X (1)

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

- [Incident 20071012022779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071012022779I), Oct 12, 2007: Cessna 172S (N1053X), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. (-23) While practicing touch and go takeoffs and landings on runway 18, the solo student pilot touched down on the aircraft's main gear and then the aircraft…

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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