# NTSB CEN25LA230: Cessna 172, N1591V, Wichita, KS, June 28, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 28, 2025, 13:07 local (18:07 UTC) - Place: Wichita, KS · Runway 19L. - Coordinates: 37.660884, -97.417998 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6609&lon=-97.4180&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: 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 Wichita FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200447 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA230 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200447/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200447 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA230 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff that resulted in a runway excursion. ## 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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 123 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072418), [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 172M, 59 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 61 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 51 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) - [Post-impact: Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 103 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was planning to perform three takeoffs and three landings for his first solo flight. After completing the second landing, the student pilot applied full power for the takeoff. When the student pilot began to manipulate the flight controls for the takeoff, the airplane “abruptly pulled hard” toward the left. The student pilot then retarded the throttle and applied the brakes, and the airplane departed the runway to the left. The left main landing gear impacted a runway sign, and the landing gear collapsed. The airplane came to rest upright on a grass field near the runway. The student pilot was able to egress from the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer. The student pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1591V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1591V), registered now, S/N 17263685, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (M) - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17263685 - Year built: 1974 - Engines: Lycoming Engines O-320-E2D 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Aviation Academy LLC, doing business as Aviation Academy LLC - Registered owner: Aviation Academy LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 14, 2025 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: ICT, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, runway 01R/19L, 7,302 × 150 ft, concrete - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 30; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 33.2 total, 33.2 in this make and model, 0.6 as pilot in command, 33.2 in the last 90 days, 10.1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 12 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: KICT, 1 nm away - METAR: KICT 281753Z 16012KT 10SM SCT250 31/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03060222 10306 20211 58005 $ ## 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 20250628008469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250628008469A), Jun 28, 2025: Cessna 172M, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Student pilot conducting landings on first solo flight at Wichita Dwight d. Eisenhower (ict). During second takeoff roll pilot experinced a hard pull to the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 5, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200447. 21.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 4.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19005043&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N1591V%20NTSB%20Form%206120_1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19004248&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Federal aviation administration - inspector's statement (item 3, PDF, 9 pages, 16.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19022786&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20ASI%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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