# NTSB ATL96LA079: Cessna 172K, N7479G, Lebanon, TN, April 10, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1996, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Coordinates: 36.199562, -86.319366 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1996&lon=-86.3194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3722
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL96LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3722/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA079

## Probable cause

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

## 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)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

The student pilot was making touch-and-go landings. During the accident landing, the airplane  touched down 1500 feet past the threshold, and the airplane veered right. After the student applied braking to correct for the right drift, the airplane veered to the left, continued off the left side of the runway, collided with a ditch, and nosed over.

## Factual narrative

On April 10, 1996 at 1400 central daylight time, a Cessna 172K, N7479G, nosed over during landing roll at Lebanon Municipal Airport, Lebanon, Tennessee. The aircraft was being operated by the student pilot under the provisions of  Title14 CFR Part 91 and visual flight rules. No flight plan was filed for the local training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The student pilot was not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight departed Lebanon Municipal Airport at 1330.

According to a witness, the solo student had been conducting a series of touch and go landings. During the accident landing attempt, the airplane touched down 1500 feet past the threshold, and the airplane veered to the right. After the student pilot applied corrective rudder and braking, the airplane veered to the left. The airplane continued to the left and veered off the left side of the paved runway surface; the airplane collided with a ditch and nosed over. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the student pilot.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7479G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7479G), registered now, S/N 17259179, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17259179
- Airframe hours: 7146
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: George N. Robertson
- Registered owner: Lebanon Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 30, 1995, 213 hours before
- Departed: M54, TN
- Airport: M54, Lebanon Municipal, runway 1, 4,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BNA, 25 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 19960410006769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960410006769A), Apr 10, 1996: Cessna 172K, Lebanon, TN, Substantial damage. Student veered plane on touch and go. Tried to correct, over corrected. Ran off runway into ditch and nosed over.

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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