# Accident 20160306024339A: Cessna 172S, Scottsdale, AZ, March 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2016, 09:05 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6200° N, 111.9139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6200&lon=-111.9139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6023V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6023V) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160306024339A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 6, 2016, AN 11:45 L, STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT DEPARTED SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO GRAVEL BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY. AIRCRAFT WAS CE-172S. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 GAA16CA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA187), Mar 6, 2016: Cessna 172 (N6023V), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student pilot to maintain pitch control while landing, which resulted in a hard landing, loss of directional control, and runway excursion.

## Other reports on N6023V (1)

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

- [Accident 20190420010869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190420010869A), Apr 20, 2019: Cessna 172S (N6023V), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. On April 20, 2019, N6023V, Cessna 172S veered off the runway upon touchdown and hit a sign damaging the right elevator and horizontal stabilizer. The sole…

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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