# Accident 20130217002939A: Cessna 172L, Idabel, OK, February 17, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2013, 12:00 local time
- Place: Idabel, OK
- Airport: Idabel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9048° N, 94.8453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Idabel Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9048&lon=-94.8453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7974G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7974G-2018-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 16 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130217002939A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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