20250209000949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Rock Hill, SC · February 9, 2025

Date
February 9, 2025 · 14:14 local
Place
Rock Hill, SC
Airport
York County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N84048
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA112
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
166 total14 in the last 90 days

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.

Student pilot was practicing take off and landings for proviate pilot check ride preprepation and falied to maintain control of the aircraft during windy conditions during landing and allowed the aircraft to be pushed off the runway.

The gusting winds then lifted the right wing causing the left wing to contact the ground, the student pilot tried to make power and flight control inputs but the result was the student pilots lost control of the aircraft, the result caused substaninial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS FOR PROVIATE PILOT CHECK RIDE PREPREPATION AND FALIED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING WINDY CONDITIONS DURING LANDING AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE PUSHED OFF THE RUNWAY.

THE GUSTING WINDS THEN LIFTED THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND, THE STUDENT PILOT TRIED TO MAKE POWER AND FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS BUT THE RESULT WAS THE STUDENT PILOTS LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE RESULT CAUSED SUBSTANINIAL 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.