- Date
- May 4, 2023, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brookings, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1674ECessna 172S
- 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-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230504005729A
- Case key
- 114702
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain pitch and directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident, was the student pilot’s delay in relinquishing control of the airplane and the instructor's delayed reaction before the loss of directional control.
Findings · 6
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 check instructor reported that during a soft field takeoff for an end-of-course test, the student pilot did not correct for an increasing nose up attitude and struck the tail on the runway surface. The student was then instructed to abort the take-off several times, to which the student did not immediately respond. During the abort, the student pilot lost directional control and the instructor took control of the airplane. However, the instructor reported that he was unable to regain full control before the airplane left the runway surface. The airplane struck a runway sign which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1674E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S9915
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 8,705.6
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- South Dakota State University
- Registered owner
- Medary Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 23, 2023 · 95 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KBKX · Brookings Regional, runway 12, 100 × 6,000 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Check pilot
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 26, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 723 total · 585 in this make and model · 637 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 80 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- KBKX, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KBKX 042256Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM BKN090 23/04 A2976 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SLP089 T02330044=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.1 MB 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.