# Accident 20121102028539A: Cessna 172S, Mckinny, TX, November 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2012, 08:53 local time
- Place: Mckinny, TX
- Airport: Collin County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1769° N, 96.5889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1769&lon=-96.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172FU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121102028539A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN13CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA040), Nov 2, 2012: Cessna 172S (N172FU), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during landing.

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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