# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172L: Runway excursion

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA303.md): Cessna 172L · Upland, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · Aug 16, 2026 · N7526G · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN25LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA112.md): Cessna 172L · Romeo, MI · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 7, 2025 · N7550G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the soft, wet grass.
- [NTSB WPR24LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA219.md): Cessna 172L · Oxnard, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 29, 2024 · N2835Q · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
- [NTSB WPR24LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA078.md): Cessna 172L · Grass Valley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 18, 2024 · N7250Q · Substantial damage
  > Loss of control during the landing roll due to a malfunctioning brake for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB GAA19CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA192.md): Cessna 172 · Stephenville, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 31, 2019 · N902RA · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control in gusting crosswind conditions that exceeded the airplane’s demonstrated crosswind for landing, which resulted in a…
- [NTSB GAA18CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA161.md): Cessna 172 · Green Valley, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 12, 2018 · N418DD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing with a tailwind.
- [NTSB ERA15CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA106.md): Cessna 172L · New Castle, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 16, 2015 · N7079Q · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's inadequate control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB CEN13LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA167.md): Cessna 172L · Idabel, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 2013 · N7974G · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA12CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA162.md): Cessna 172L · Grand Isle, VT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 28, 2012 · N811P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to stop the airplane on a grass runway with undetected ice.
- [NTSB ERA11CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA176.md): Cessna 172L · Fayetteville, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 3, 2011 · N7067Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to land with excessive speed in gusting, tailwind conditions, resulting in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA11LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA105.md): Cessna 172 · Dublin, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 2010 · N4383Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper touchdown speed which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was the undetermined malfunction of the airspeed indicator.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072432')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '300' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence?model=2072432

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