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FAA accident report · Cessna 172L · Idabel, OK · February 17, 2013

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Date
February 17, 2013 · 12:00 local
Place
Idabel, OK
Airport
Idabel
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7974G
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
37 total16 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N7974GRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2018 · Cessna 172LS/N 17259674 · Built 1971Airframe modelCessna 172LEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot was flying cross-country solo from ktxk to ok 404. When landing at ok 404, pilot came in on final approach. Approach was normal. Used slight left aileron and right rudder to compensate for mild left quartering crosswind, flaps at 30 degrees. Landed aircraft on centerline. As the nose wheel touched down the aircraft immediately veered to the left. Pilot tried to straighten the aircraft with hard right rudder. Aircraft ran off the runway and into the grass. Nose wheel struck a drainage ditch and snapped off forcing the nose of the aircraft into the ground. The aircraft flipped forward and landed on it's top approximately 75 feet to the left of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FROM KTXK TO OK 404. WHEN LANDING AT OK 404, PILOT CAME IN ON FINAL APPROACH. APPROACH WAS NORMAL. USED SLIGHT LEFT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE FOR MILD LEFT QUARTERING CROSSWIND, FLAPS AT 30 DEGREES. LANDED AIRCRAFT ON CENTERLINE. AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE LEFT. PILOT TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT WITH HARD RIGHT RUDDER. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A DRAINAGE DITCH AND SNAPPED OFF FORCING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED FORWARD AND LANDED ON IT'S TOP APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.