# Accident 20100203027089A: Cessna 172P, Jackson, TN, February 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2010, 13:20 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5931° N, 88.9094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5931&lon=-88.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97075, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97075) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100203027089A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 2 AT MKL.  TELEPHONE INTERVIEWWITH ATC AT MKL AIRPORT DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT HAD PERFORMED NORMAL TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. WEATHER WAS VFR AND WIND WAS 320/3.  PILOT REPORTED DURING ROTATION AT APPROXIMATELY 65 KNTS, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT STATED SHE HEARD A SNAPPING NOISE WHEN THE TENDENCY TO TURN LEFT STARTED.  THE PILOT MADE RIGHT PEDAL INPUTS BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION. SHE PULLED THE POWER BACK AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED  THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A PILE OF SNOW ABOUT SIX FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT PROVIDED A STATEMENT TO THE IIC ON SITE. THE RIGHT STEERING ROD (ROD END) WAS FOUND BROKEN OFF THE STEERING TUBE. THE BREAK ON THE ROD END APPEARED TO HAVE PRE EXISTING SIGNS OF CORROSION IN ABOUT 75% OF THE DIAMETER OF THE THREADED PORTION OF THE ROD END. THE REMAINING 25% APPEARED TO HAVE A CLEAN BREAK. THE ROD END MAY HAVE BEEN CRACKED PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF. ADVISED THE OPERATOR TO ALSO SUBMIT AN SDR ON THE PART. THE NTSB HAS REQUESTED THE PART TO BE SENT TO THE LAB FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.  ADVISED THE PILOT TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT ON NTSB 830 FORM.

## 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 ERA10LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA131), Feb 3, 2010: Cessna 172 (N97075), Jackson, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a snow bank.

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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