- Date
- May 3, 1998, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54743Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980503008329A
- Case key
- 3990
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Probable cause
failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The student pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of airplane was a related factor.
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 practicing touch-and-go landings, he landed long, and the airplane departed the left side of runway 27 at the 2000 foot marker. The student pilot stated that he had accumulated 3.7 hours of flight time in a Cessna 172.
Factual narrative
On May 3, 1998, about 1400 eastern daylight time a Cessna 172P, N54743, collided with rough terrain during a touch and go landing at the Key West Airport, Key West, Florida. The airplane was operated by the student pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight. The student pilot and sole occupant was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight had originated about 10 minutes prior to the accident.
According to the student pilot, while practicing touch and go landings, he landed long and departed the left side of runway 09 at the 2000 foot marker, and encountered rough terrain, substantially damaging the airplane. The student pilot stated that he had accumulated 25 hours total time, and 3.7 hours in a Cessna 172. According to the FAA inspector, the student pilot had not received sufficient training in the 172.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54743
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275046
- Airframe hours
- 9,768
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Island City Flying Service, In
- Registered owner
- Island City Flying Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1998 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- EYW
- Airport
- EYW · Key West International, runway 9, 4,800 × 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 4 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.