- Date
- May 28, 2003, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Newnan, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6512KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030528009599A
- Case key
- 57091
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll that resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the student pilot, during the second touch-and-go landing on runway 32, the airplane veered off the runway into the grass and subsequently collapsed the right main landing gear. The airplane came to rest on the left side of the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed the right main gear was bent aft, and the right horizontal stabilizer was curled upwards. No mechanical or flight control problems were reported by the student pilot prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 2003, at 1755 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N6512K, registered to and operated by the FAA Employee Flying Club, collided with the runway during a landing at Dresden Airport, Newnan, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the student pilot was not injured. The flight departed Dresden Airport, Newnan, Georgia, on May 28, 2003, at 1700.
According to the student pilot, during the second touch and go landing on runway 32, the airplane bounced. As the student attempted to adjust the flare for the second touchdown, he encounter a wind gust from 090 degree. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway into the grass. The student pilot further stated that the airplane rolled about 100 feet crossing a taxiway, striking a sign before the right main landing gear buckled and the airplane came to a stop after rotating 90 degrees.
Examination of the airplane revealed the right main gear was bent aft, and the right horizontal stabilizer was curled upwards. No mechanical or flight control problems were reported by the student pilot prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6512K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274206
- Airframe hours
- 4,212
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 2003 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- CCO · Newnan, GA
- Airport
- CCO · Newnan Coweta County, runway 32, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.