# NTSB ATL07CA099: Cessna 172P, N54730, Perry, GA, June 29, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 29, 2007, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Perry, GA
- Coordinates: 32.510555, -83.767219
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-83.7672&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: College Park FSDO-11
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66099
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL07CA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66099/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA099

## 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

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)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54730-2007-10-29), registration cancelled 2007-10-29, S/N 17275041, built 1981 (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: 17275041
- Airframe hours: 4366.9
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 26; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070629015149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070629015149A), Jun 29, 2007: Cessna 172P, Perry, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman [privacy data omitted] departed Perry-Houston County Airport solo for a local flight. Upon landing on runway 36, student pilot [privacy data…

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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