# Accident 20130901017409A: Cessna 172S, Phoenix, AZ, September 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2013, 09:37 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2134M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2134M) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA397) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130901017409A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 ON 09/01/13 STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING HIS 3RD TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 7L. DURING TOUCH DOWN AND  WHILE PERFORMING A SHORT FINAL, THE AIRCRAFT DEVIATED FROM THE CENTER RUNWAY LINE, TOWARD LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. THE INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN AN  ATTEMPT TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE CENTER LINE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDING POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT AND LIFTING THE NOSE FOR TAKE-OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REGAIN ENOUGH POWER AND AIRSPEED TO OBTAIN THE RATE OF CLIMB REQUIRED FOR SAFE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND BETWEEN RUNWAY 7N AND TAXI WAY A. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ROCKS AND CAME TO A FINAL STOP. THERE WERE 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 WPR13CA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA397), Sep 1, 2013: Cessna 172S (N2134M), Deer Valley, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate flare and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N2134M (1)

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

- [Incident 20140729013049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729013049I), Jul 29, 2014: Cessna 172S (N2134M), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. A student pilot was performing touch and goes on runway 7 at Deer valley airport. On the third landing during the roll out the aircraft veered off the runway…

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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