# Accident 20190614006939A: Cessna 172K, Lutz, FL, June 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lutz, FL
- Airport: Tampa North Aero Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2214° N, 82.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2214&lon=-82.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84402, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84402-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190614006939A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT PERFORMING UNSUPERVISED SOLO WAS DOING FULL STOP LANDINGS. PILOT PERFORMED 3 FULL STOP LANDINGS AND WHILE ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT INPUT RIGHT RUDDER TO STOP THE DRIFT BUT THE AIRCRAFT KEPT DRIFTING LEFT.  THE PILOT STATED HE PUT IN SOME AILERON BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED MOVING LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE WHEEL WENT INTO A SMALL GULLY ALONG SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE NOSE WHEEL STOPPED FORWARD MOVEMENT AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER ON ITS BACK.  DAMAGE INCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND SEVERLY BENDING THE REAR SPAR ABOUT 1.5 FEET OUTBOARD OF WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE FUSELAGE.  IN ADDITION THE RIGHT WING BROKE BOTH THE FORWARD AND AFT SPAR AND THE WING IS DEFLECTED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES.

## 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 GAA19CA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA362), Jun 14, 2019: Cessna 172 (N84402), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose-over.

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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