20090517006949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Flagstaff, AZ · May 17, 2009

Date
May 17, 2009 · 11:37 local
Place
Flagstaff, AZ
Airport
Flagstaff Pulliam
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BF8S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N541ER
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR09CA266
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total50 in this make and model50 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.

Student pilot privacy data omitted certificate number GG-0594067, while attempting to land on an initial solo cross country flight to Flagstaff, AZ, kflg, did lose control and crash. The aircraft, a Cessna 172, registration number N541ER, touched down several hundered feet past the 1000 foot touch down marks. Once on the ground and decelerating, privacy data omitted states a gust of wind forced the aircraft to the left, exiting the runway and onto the adjoining turf. privacy data omitted States that at this point he remained focused on stopping the aircraft's forward movement and did not attempt to return to the runway. The aircraft continued forward striking an carthen mound stopping it and causing substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NUMBER GG-0594067, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON AN INITIAL SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ, KFLG, DID LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, REGISTRATION NUMBER N541ER, TOUCHED DOWN SEVERAL HUNDERED FEET PAST THE 1000 FOOT TOUCH DOWN MARKS. ONCE ON THE GROUND AND DECELERATING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, EXITING THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE ADJOINING TURF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT AT THIS POINT HE REMAINED FOCUSED ON STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT'S FORWARD MOVEMENT AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD STRIKING AN CARTHEN MOUND STOPPING IT AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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