- Date
- November 19, 2020, 09:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5XYCessna 172
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- Case key
- 102305
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control on takeoff during a touch and go landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
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 private pilot reported while performing a touch and go landing and accelerating for takeoff, the nose of the airplane began drifting to the right. The pilot applied left rudder to realign the nose to the runway centerline, but then the airplane veered sharply to the left. The pilot attempted to abort the takeoff, but the airplane departed the left side of the runway and struck a small concrete manhole cover; the airplane became airborne momentarily before impacting an adjacent taxiway. The airplane received substantial damage to the underside of the forward fuselage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5XY
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275266
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 11,622.4
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Red Arrow Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Red Arrow Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 31, 2020 · 46.7 hours before
- Departed
- DNA · Santa Teresa, NM
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso International, runway 26L, 9,025 × 148 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- August 24, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 70 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- KELP
- METAR
- KELP 191651Z 17006KT 10SM CLR 21/04 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02060044