20091007018229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Renton, WA · October 7, 2009

Date
October 7, 2009 · 14:12 local
Place
Renton, WA
Airport
Renton Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54088
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR10CA008
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
102 total102 in this make and model20 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.

On October 7, 2009 at 1412 LCL, N54088 a Cessna 172P flown by student pilot privacy data omitted, received substantial damage. privacy data omitted Stated that she had been doing touch in go's, when after landing, she turned off the carburetor heat, raised the flaps and added full power when the aircraft had an uncontrollable left yaw. The aircraft departed runway 34 at the intersectoin of foxtrot, struck the 2000' sign, and reentered the runway at the intersection of golf. Upon reentering the runway, the nose wheel of the aircraft struck the edge of the freshly resurfaced runway and broke off. The aircraft came to a stop over the centerline in an easterly directon, with the right main landing gear sheared in the aft position and the right wing tip resting on the runway surface.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 7, 2009 AT 1412 LCL, N54088 A CESSNA 172P FLOWN BY STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN DOING TOUCH IN GO'S, WHEN AFTER LANDING, SHE TURNED OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT, RAISED THE FLAPS AND ADDED FULL POWER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNCONTROLLABLE LEFT YAW. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 AT THE INTERSECTOIN OF FOXTROT, STRUCK THE 2000' SIGN, AND REENTERED THE RUNWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOLF. UPON REENTERING THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE FRESHLY RESURFACED RUNWAY AND BROKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP OVER THE CENTERLINE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTON, WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED IN THE AFT POSITION AND THE RIGHT WING TIP RESTING ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

NTSB investigation

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