# Accident 20181227021919A: Cessna 172S, Sugar Land, TX, December 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2018, 13:26 local time
- Place: Sugar Land, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: UZGS
- Location: 29.6228° N, 95.6567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6228&lon=-95.6567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17SJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17SJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 98 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181227021919A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 27, 2018 STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING PATTERN WORK, ON HIS FIFTH LANDING WHICH WAS A FULL STOP AND GO, HE SET THE AIRCRAFT FOR A SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES, TRIMMED TAKE OFF, CHECKED INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIED FULL POWER; AS SOON AS HE DID THAT THE AIRPLANE STARTED DRIFTING TO THE LEFT, HE TRIED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER HOWEVER THE DRIFT TO THE LEFT INTENSIFIED. AT THAT TIME HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF BY PULLING THE POWER TO IDLE, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OUT OF CONTROL TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND OPPOSITE RUDDER BUT THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE #3 AIRPORT MARKER WITH THE LEFT STRUT AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 200 FT AFTER HITTING SIGN. PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL VALVE AND PULLED THE MIXTURE OUT. PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH THE TOWER TO LET THEM KNOW HE WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED OFF THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WING FORWARD SPAR BENT, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DAMAGED, AFT RIGHT FUSELAGE SKIN BUCKLED.

WEATHER DATA: SPECI KSGR 271933Z 33006KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A2975 RMK A02 T02110094

## 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 GAA19CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA119), Dec 27, 2018: Cessna 172 (N17SJ), Sugar Land, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a sign.

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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