# Accident 20130404004739A: Cessna 172S, Phx, AZ, April 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2013, 10:20 local time
- Place: Phx, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 33.6867° N, 112.0917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6867&lon=-112.0917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2166K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2166K-2013-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130404004739A

## Narrative

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

DURING A PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTROL HIMSELF. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1300' FROM WHERE THE TAKEOFF WAS ORIGINATED. NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR13LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA180), Apr 4, 2013: Cessna 172 (N2166K), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's excessive directional control inputs during the takeoff roll and the flight instructor's delayed and ineffective corrective actions, which resulted in the loss of airplane control.

## Other reports on N2166K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120411004819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120411004819I), Apr 11, 2012: Cessna 172S (N2166K), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Student landed on runway 25R at dvt and tried to exit B9 taxiway at too high of speed. The aircraft tilted up onto the left main and nose and the prop struck…

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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