# NTSB CEN24LA347: Cessna 172, N2037Y, Weslaco, TX, August 20, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 20, 2024, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC) - Place: Weslaco, TX - Coordinates: 26.177488, -97.972758 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1775&lon=-97.9728&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195095 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA347 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195095/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195095 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA347 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072408), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 172C, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2072408), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172C, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072408), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072408), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 172C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072408), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was performing touch and go landings while his instructor monitored at the airport. He performed two touch and go landings without incident and approached the runway to perform a full stop landing to pick up his instructor. During the landing rollout, the student pilot reported a gust of wind picked up the right wing and the airplane began to veer left. The student pilot attempted to correct with opposite aileron; however, the airplane exited the runway, and the nose landing gear collided with a runway sign. The nose landing gear collapsed and was torn from the airplane as it skidded to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing the airplane on runway 14 with wind from 080° at 9 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2037Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2037Y), registered now, S/N 17249537, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (C) - Registry model: [Cessna 172C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (registry code 2072408) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17249537 - Year built: 1962 - Airframe hours: 6857 - Engines: Continental O-300-C 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Argos Retail LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 13, 2023 - Airport: TXW, Mid Valley, runway 14, 6,002 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 27; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 54.3 total, 54.3 in this make and model, 9.8 as pilot in command, 9.9 in the last 90 days, 4.9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 68 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: KTXW - METAR: METAR KTXW 201915Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM SCT060 37/20 A3000 RMK AO2 T03700205= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20240820013209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240820013209A), Aug 20, 2024: Cessna 172C, Weslaco, TX, Substantial damage. Instructor was dropped off at the terminal and student was to perform pattern work. On the 3rd touch and go aircraft was hit with a gust of air from the right.… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195095. 4.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18199679&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=cen24la247%20NTSB%20Form%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 447 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18200116&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos%20CEN24LA350-Rel.pdf - Student pilot statement (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18199689&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Student%20Statement-Rel.pdf - CFI statement (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18200199&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CFI%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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