# Accident 20250628008469A: Cessna 172M, Wichita, KS, June 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2025, 13:05 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Nt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6609° N, 97.4180° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6609&lon=-97.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1591V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1591V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250628008469A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING LANDINGS ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AT WICHITA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (ICT). DURING SECOND TAKEOFF ROLL PILOT EXPERINCED A HARD PULL TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY INTO GRASS . PILOT REDUCED POWER MAINTAINED NEUTRAL CONTROLS WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN HIT RUNWAY SIGN. DAMAGE TO LOWER LEFT FIREWALL, STRUCTURAL AREA AFT OF THE LEFT GEAR LEG ATTACH POINT, LEFT HORIZONTAL, AND LEFT ELEVATOR.  LANDING GEAR DAMAGE INCLUDES LEFT MAIN WHEEL, LEFT TIRE, LEFT GEAR LEG AND ATTACH BOLT (SHEARED) AND STRUCTURAL ATTACH POINT.  THE NOSE WHEEL FORK APPEARS SKEWED OFF CENTER THIS IS CONCURRENT WITH THE FIREWALL DAMAGED TO THE LOWER LEFT OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE.  DAMAGE IS ALSO VISIBLE TO THE LEFT-WING TIP, LEFT WING REAR CORNER AND OUTER LEFT AILERON.

## 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 CEN25LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA230), Jun 28, 2025: Cessna 172 (N1591V), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff that resulted in a runway excursion.

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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