# Accident 20120525010699A: Cessna 172N, Wichita, KS, May 25, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2012, 08:00 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Jabara Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7419° N, 97.2194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7419&lon=-97.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73743-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,855 total, 1,356 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120525010699A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 36 AT JABARA AIRPORT (AAO). DURING THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, EVENTUALLY STRIKING A DIRT BERM, BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR, DAMAGING THE COWLING, THE PROP, AND BUCKLING THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WITH WINDS REPORTED FROM 080 DEGREES AT 8, GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS. EVIDENCE INDICTAES THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS UPON LANDING AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.

## 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 CEN12CA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA315), May 25, 2012: Cessna 172N (N73743), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a collision with terrain.

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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