# Accident 20081111853259A: Cessna 172R, Groton (New Lo, CT, November 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2008, 11:32 local time
- Place: Groton (New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3300° N, 72.0450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3300&lon=-72.0450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91HF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081111853259A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING TO THE LEFT AND HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK SEVERAL MARKER SIGNS IN THE GRASS AND THEN CONTINUED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A PROPELLER STRIKE, FIREWALL DAMAGE, RIGHT MAIN GEAR NEARLY BROKEN OFF, LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL AXLE BENT UP AND STRUT BENT UP WHERE IT ATTACHS TO THE FUSELAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT BENT, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DAMAGED ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, DENT ON UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT WING AT A RIB LOCATION, AND THE ENGINE COWL IS BADLY DAMAGED. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED, WHEN QUESTIONED IF THE LANDING WAS HARD, THAT THE LANDING WAS NOT IN HIS OPINION A “HARD LANDING”.

## 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 ERA09CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA048), Nov 11, 2008: Cessna 172 (N91HF), Groton, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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