- Date
- July 26, 2007, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51250Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Boston FSDO-01
- FAA report
- 20070726015809I
- Case key
- 66351
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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 stated that during the landing roll he began to drift off the runway and overcorrected. The airplane traveled off the runway, across the grass, and collided with a drainage ditch. The student pilot reported that there were no problems with the flight controls or engine prior to the accident. The maintenance supervisor examined the airplane, and reported that the firewall and bulkhead aft of the firewall were buckled.
Factual narrative
The student pilot stated that during the landing roll he began to drift off the runway and overcorrected. The airplane traveled off the runway, across the grass, and collided with a drainage ditch. The student pilot reported that there were no problems with the flight controls or engine prior to the accident. The maintenance supervisor examined the airplane, and reported that the firewall and bulkhead aft of the firewall were buckled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51250
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274289
- Airframe hours
- 20,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Delta Connection Academy
- Registered owner
- Delta Connection Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2007 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- HVN · New Haven, CT
- Destination
- UUU · Newport, RI
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- UUU · Newport State Arpt, runway 22, 2,999 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 54 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- KUUU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N51250 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.