- Date
- October 8, 1990, 17:36 local (21:36 UTC)
- Place
- Valdosta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N172SCCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901008059209A
- Case key
- 8347
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a takeoff attempt. Factors to the accident were the student's overall lack of flight experience, and the reported wind gust.
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 solo student pilot was attempting a takeoff when he lost directional control, veered off the left side of runway 12, and collided with a dirt embankment. A gust of wind picked up the right wing and the pilot was not experienced enough to correct the condition. No mechanical problem was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N172SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268105
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Holland Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VLD · Valdosta, GA
- Destination
- ABY · Albany, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VLD · Valdosta Regional, runway 12, 3,628 × 75 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VLD
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 N172SC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.