- Date
- December 2, 2009, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Comfort, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6036YCessna 172S
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA-IND-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20091202051839A
- Case key
- 75129
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while touching down during the landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that the airplane touched down smoothly on the main gear. He reported that as the nose gear settled, the airplane began to drift to the right. He stated that he applied left rudder, but it was ineffective as the airplane was on the nose and right main landing gears. The airplane traveled off the right side of runway 25 onto the grass. The pilot subsequently taxied the airplane back to the ramp. Post accident inspection of the airplane revealed the firewall was dented. Local winds were reported as being from 040 degrees at 3 knots.
Factual narrative
The student pilot reported that the airplane touched down smoothly on the main gear. He reported that as the nose gear settled, the airplane began to drift to the right. He stated he applied left rudder, but it was ineffective as the airplane was on the nose and right main landing gears. The airplane traveled off the right side of the runway into the grass. The pilot subsequently taxied the airplane back to the ramp. Post accident inspection of the airplane revealed the firewall was dented. The landing was being made on runway 25. Local winds were reported as being from 040 degrees at 3 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6036Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10213
- Airframe hours
- 1,880
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Krughoff Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Registered owner
- Krughoff Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 2009
- Departed
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Destination
- MQJ · Mt. Comfort, IN
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- MQJ · Mount Comfort, runway 25, 5,500 × 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
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.77 inHg
- Observed at
- MQJ
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 14, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 617 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.