# NTSB ATL05CA132: Cessna 172P, N5299K, Savannah, GA, July 18, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 18, 2005, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Coordinates: 32.127498, -81.202224
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1275&lon=-81.2022&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Atlanta FSDO-11
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61990
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05CA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61990/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA132

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll out resulting in a ground loop, and on ground collision of the right wing with the ground.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - encountered, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The pilot stated after touch down on runway 36 the airplane yawed to the left and he lost directional control. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and ground looped and the right wing collided with the ground. The pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane, flight controls, or engine assembly and accessories.

## Factual narrative

On July 18, 2005, at 1145 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N5299K, registered to Delta  Connection academy Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal went off the left side of runway 36 at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Sanford, Florida, on July 18, 2005 at 0935.

The pilot stated he departed Sanford, Florida and climbed up to his cruise altitude and flight followed with different ATC facilities enroute to Savannah, Georgia. Upon reaching the Savannah area he was vectored to the final approach to runway 36 for a visual approach. After touch down the airplane yawed to the left and went off the left side of the runway. When the airplane ground looped the right wing collided with the ground. The pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane, flight controls, or engine assembly and accessories.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5299K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5299K-2011-05-16), registration cancelled 2011-05-16, S/N 17274052, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274052
- Airframe hours: 11684
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Delta Academy Connection Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2005, 4 hours before
- Departed: SFB, Sanford, FL
- Destination: SAV, Savannah, GA
- Airport: SAV, Savannah/Hilton head Int, runway 36, 7,002 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 1, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 107 total, 35 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: SAV

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050718015699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718015699A), Jul 18, 2005: Cessna 172P, Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 18, 2005, at approximately 1539Z, a single engine Cessna 172-P, N5299K, enroute from sfb to sav piloted by a private pilot was cleared for…

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.

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