- Date
- May 31, 1990, 08:25 local (12:25 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51706Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900531018249A
- Case key
- 11597
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain runway alignment.
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
While on approach during the fifth touch and go landing, the student pilot noted a rapid sink rate and that the aircraft was left of the runway centerline. He added power to arrest the rate of descent and noted that the aircraft remained left of the runway. He then raised the flaps to 10 degrees and initiated a go-around. The aircraft continued to descend and it touched down left of the runway pavement. The student pilot's logbook indicated that he had not flown with a flight instructor for over three months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51706
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274339
- Airframe hours
- 2,178
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Delta Associates, Inc
- Registered owner
- Delta Associtates, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W98 · Chesterfield, VA
- Airport
- W98 · Chesterfield County, runway 15, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC, 12 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.