20060713016109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Pontiac, MI · July 13, 2006

Date
July 13, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
DJXS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N918TA
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI06CA189
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
33 total33 in this make and model28 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) Student pilot stated that during the final phase of landing, the aircraft crabbed slightly to the left at touchdown. The aircraft then began to slide off of the runway to the left and flipped over on its top in the grass on the left side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT CRABBED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AT TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO SLIDE OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP IN THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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