20240614006589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172I · Ada, OK · June 14, 2024

Date
June 14, 2024 · 15:30 local
Place
Ada, OK
Airport
Ada Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8483L
Reported as
Cessna 172I
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
24 total24 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

A student pilot of a Cessna 172 attempted to land at adh airport in Ada, Oklahoma experienced a loss of control resulting in aircraft impacting a runway marker sign on runway 18. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the left side of the tailboom renedering it unairworthy. Pilot stated, "I was coming in to land on runway 18 in Ada,. As I was approaching the runway to land, I felt the airplane ballon up slightly and I began to correct for it. Once the airplane began to come back to the runway the airplane started to dip the wing to the right when I went to correct for the wing dipping to the right I must have over corrected and the airplane went to the left of the runway as I went to slow the plane down it hit a sign and I was able to taxi the airplane off the runway. I did not get injured from the incident."

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT OF A CESSNA 172 ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT ADH AIRPORT IN ADA, OKLAHOMA EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT IMPACTING A RUNWAY MARKER SIGN ON RUNWAY 18. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAILBOOM RENEDERING IT UNAIRWORTHY. PILOT STATED, "I WAS COMING IN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 IN ADA,. AS I WAS APPROACHING THE RUNWAY TO LAND, I FELT THE AIRPLANE BALLON UP SLIGHTLY AND I BEGAN TO CORRECT FOR IT. ONCE THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO COME BACK TO THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO DIP THE WING TO THE RIGHT WHEN I WENT TO CORRECT FOR THE WING DIPPING TO THE RIGHT I MUST HAVE OVER CORRECTED AND THE AIRPLANE WENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AS I WENT TO SLOW THE PLANE DOWN IT HIT A SIGN AND I WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY. I DID NOT GET INJURED FROM THE INCIDENT."