- Date
- April 28, 2023, 14:11 local (19:11 UTC)
- Place
- Nacogdoches, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52602Cessna 172P
- Defining event
- Landing: 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 Houston FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230428007219A
- Case key
- 114704
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 directional control during the landing roll.
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 stated he touched down and began to porpoise. The airplane began to slide to the right towards the runway edge. The student pilot’s attempt to stop was unsuccessful and the airplane exited the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane nosed over which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52602
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274562
- Built
- 1980
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hutch Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Hutch Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- OCH · Nacogdoches A L Mangham Jr Rgnl, runway 18, 5,000 × 75 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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 36.3 total · 36.3 in this make and model · 36.3 in the last 90 days · 7.7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- KOCH
- METAR
- KOCH 281856Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM FEW002 24/16 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02390161
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 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.