20230504005729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Brookings, SD · May 4, 2023

Date
May 4, 2023 · 18:32 local
Place
Brookings, SD
Airport
Brookings Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
U72S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1674E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN23LA175
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

CFI failed to take appropriate and timely corrective action to incorrectly performed soft field take off by student pilot. CFI was late to respond to student pilots loss of control and aircraft departed the runway surface and collided with a rwy sign, then impacted a water drainage resulting in damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

CFI FAILED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY CORRECTIVE ACTION TO INCORRECTLY PERFORMED SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF BY STUDENT PILOT. CFI WAS LATE TO RESPOND TO STUDENT PILOTS LOSS OF CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND COLLIDED WITH A RWY SIGN, THEN IMPACTED A WATER DRAINAGE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.