# Accident 20250209000949A: Cessna 172K, Rock Hill, SC, February 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2025, 14:14 local time
- Place: Rock Hill, SC
- Airport: York County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9878° N, 81.0572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9878&lon=-81.0572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84048, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84048) (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: 166 total, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250209000949A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA25LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA112), Feb 9, 2025: Cessna 172 (N84048), Rock Hill, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborded crosswind landing.

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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