# Incident 20180120001029I: Cessna 172P, St. Petersburg, FL, January 20, 2018 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 20, 2018, 14:35 local time - Place: St. Petersburg, FL - Airport: Albert Whitted - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10 - Aircraft: N54058, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54058-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 25,312 total, 630 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180120001029I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DURING FLIGHT TRAINING THE STUDENT WAS TO PERFORM HIS FIRST TAKEOFF. AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO POSITION ON RUNWAY 7, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE STUDENT HAD DROPPED HIS HEELS TO THE FLOOR AND THAT HIS SIZE 13 SHOE CAME ABOUT MIDWAY UP THE PEDAL. UPON INITIATION OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND DURING THE FIRST 100 THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT AND THE INSTRUCTOR VERBALLY PROMPTED THE STUDENT TO GO RIGHT, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL. THE INSTRUCTOR FELT RESISTANCE TO THE PEDAL MOVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUE TO MOVE LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID, LET GO I HAVE THE AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TO REMOVE THE STUDENTS HAND FROM THE THROTTLE AND MOVED IT TO IDLE. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO MOVE LEFT AND THE INSTRUCTOR PUSHED HARD ON THE RIGHT PEDAL FEELING RESISTANCE. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN REALIZED THE STUDENT HAD NOT REMOVED HIS FEET FROM THE RUDDER PEDALS. AS THE INSTRUCTOR PUSHED HARD ON THE RIGHT PEDAL, THE STUDENT'S LEFT PEDAL WAS MOVING AFT INTO HIS FOOT AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED AND DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE AT SOMETHING LESS THAN 20KT ROLLING INTO THE GRASS WITH THE ENGINE AT IDLE. THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE AIRCRAFT THAT THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE OKAY AND SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THE LOCAL FBO ASSISTED AND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO TAXIWAY D. THE AIRCRAFT RESTARTED AND TAXIED TO THE FBO. ## Other reports on N54058 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20181128023009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181128023009A), Nov 28, 2018: Cessna 172P (N54058), St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. 11/28/2018, At 1235 local time aircraft N54058 departed runway 36 at kspg with one crew and three passengers (4 souls on board). Aircraft reached take off… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.