- Date
- June 29, 2007, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Perry, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54730Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- College Park FSDO-11
- FAA report
- 20070629015149A
- Case key
- 66099
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll out resulting in the airplane departing the runway and collision with a ditch.
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
The student pilot's was landing on runway 36 and lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane went off the right side of the runway and collided with a ditch. The student pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane before the accident.
Factual narrative
The student pilot's was landing on runway 36 and lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane went off the right side of the runway and collided with a ditch. The student pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54730
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275041
- Airframe hours
- 4,366.9
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-D2J, 160 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Georgia Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Central Georgia Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 2007 · 79.9 hours before
- Departed
- KPXE · Perry, GA
- Destination
- KPXE
- Airport
- KPXE · Perry-Houston County Airport, runway 36, 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
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KMCN, 12 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.