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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Mckinny, TX · November 2, 2012

Date: November 2, 2012 · 08:53 local
Place: Mckinny, TX
Airport: Collin County
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N172FU
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN13CA040
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 25 total25 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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On 2 November at or near 0853L a Cessna 172S serial number 172S10182 registered as N172FU while landing at mckinney Texas, Collin County Airport (tki) departed the runway went through a drainage ditch and came to rest on the east side of the airport in a dry drainage pond. The student pilot on his first landing of his first solo flight reported that he remembered that he touch down normally head a nose applied the brakes as he was heading off the runway and was stopped on the side of the runway. The pilot was uninjured the aircraft was substantial damaged as the firewall and belly was buckled also the propeller was missing the last one inch of both blades and one side bent 90 degrees forward and the other bent 90 degrees aft. Whiteness said that the landing looked normal until the aircraft veered to the left and departed the runway. A witness on the ramp reported that he had heard the braked skid thin stop then skid again. This was confirmed by the skid marks on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON 2 NOVEMBER AT OR NEAR 0853L A CESSNA 172S SERIAL NUMBER 172S10182 REGISTERED AS N172FU WHILE LANDING AT MCKINNEY TEXAS, COLLIN COUNTY AIRPORT (TKI) DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WENT THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH AND CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IN A DRY DRAINAGE POND. THE STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST LANDING OF HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT REPORTED THAT HE REMEMBERED THAT HE TOUCH DOWN NORMALLY HEAD A NOSE APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HE WAS HEADING OFF THE RUNWAY AND WAS STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AS THE FIREWALL AND BELLY WAS BUCKLED ALSO THE PROPELLER WAS MISSING THE LAST ONE INCH OF BOTH BLADES AND ONE SIDE BENT 90 DEGREES FORWARD AND THE OTHER BENT 90 DEGREES AFT. WHITENESS SAID THAT THE LANDING LOOKED NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. A WITNESS ON THE RAMP REPORTED THAT HE HAD HEARD THE BRAKED SKID THIN STOP THEN SKID AGAIN. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN13CA040Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMcKinney, TXThe student pilot's loss of directional control during landing.Nov 2, 2012 · Substantial damage