# NTSB ATL07CA109: Cessna 172P, N51250, Newport, RI, July 26, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 26, 2007, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Newport, RI
- Coordinates: 41.526111, -71.275558
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5261&lon=-71.2756&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boston FSDO-01
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL07CA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66351/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA109

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## 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 collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51250-2010-02-16), registration cancelled 2010-02-16, S/N 17274289, 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: 17274289
- Airframe hours: 20710
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 20070726015809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070726015809I), Jul 26, 2007: Cessna 172P, Newport, RI, Substantial damage. (-23) While attempting to land runway 22 at uuu, student pilot over-corrected yaw control due to a gust of wind, sending the aircraft off the paved runway,…

## Other investigations on N51250 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW84LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA398), Sep 15, 1984: Cessna 172P (N51250), Seguin, TX, destroyed

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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