- Date
- August 30, 2007, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pawtucket, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2459YCessna C172R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Boston Lexington FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070830017459A
- Case key
- 66556
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during the takeoff 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
According to the student pilot, "while using runway 23 [for take off following a] touch and go, I applied full power for takeoff. [and] I applied too much right rudder to compensate. I [then] applied too much left rudder which steered the airplane off the runway onto the grass. Power was cut and brakes [were] applied to stop. [The] right strut hit a taxi light at low speed before full stop". According to the FAA Inspector who examined the airplane damage consisted of the right main landing gear fairing, and the firewall.
Factual narrative
According to the student pilot, "while using runway 23 [for take off following a] touch and go, I applied full power for take off. [and] I applied to much right rudder to compensate. I [then] applied to much left rudder which steered the airplane off the runway onto the grass. Power was cut and brakes [were] applied to stop. [The] right strut hit a taxi light at low speed before full stop". According to the FAA Inspector who examined the airplane damage consisted of the right main landing gear fairing, and the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2459Y
- Reported as
- Cessna C172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17280909
- Airframe hours
- 793
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-260-L2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- New Horizon Aviation
- Registered owner
- Charles D. Savoie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 2007 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- SFZ · Pawtucket, RI
- Destination
- SFZ · Pawtucket, RI
- Airport
- SFZ · North Central State Airport, runway 23, 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
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 10 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- SFZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.