# NTSB CEN25LA112: Cessna 172L, N7550G, Romeo, MI, March 7, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 7, 2025, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC) - Place: Romeo, MI - Coordinates: 42.795289, -82.974697 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7953&lon=-82.9747&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: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 199818 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA112 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199818/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199818 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA112 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the soft, wet grass. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 24 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Terrain: wet/muddy terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021035): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021035/cases.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 110 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021035/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072432), [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 172L, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that the airplane touched down, with full flaps, about 75-80 miles per hour. About 100 ft after touching down, the airplane veered left into the wet grass and mud. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7550G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7550G), registered now, S/N 17259250, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L - Registry model: [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (registry code 2072432) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17259250 - Year built: 1970 - Airframe hours: 796.4 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Oakland Flight Training - Registered owner: 7550g LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 31, 2024, 96.3 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: D98, Romeo State, runway 36, 4,003 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 25; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 25.8 total, 25.8 in this make and model, 20.3 in the last 90 days, 7.4 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 9 knots, gusting 14 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken - Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 18 °F - Altimeter: 29.79 inHg - Observed at: KPTK, 21 nm away - METAR: KPTK 071853Z 27009G14KT 10SM BKN070 BKN095 OVC150 04/M08 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP098 T00391078 ## 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 20250307002339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250307002339A), Mar 7, 2025: Cessna 172L, Ray Township, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot and CFI flew from kvll to KD98. At D98, CFI got out of the aircraft to observe the student conducting solo flight in the pattern. On second… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199818. 4.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18615266&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20N7550G_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18614979&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Email correspondence (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18642239&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Log%20Times_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.