- Date
- January 31, 2026, 09:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N767VKTextron 172S
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260131003519A
- Case key
- 202373
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 control during the takeoff.
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 planned to perform three takeoffs and landings, and one go-around for her solo flight. After completing the third landing, the student pilot stated that she still needed to perform a go-around and decided to take off for a fourth time. After she applied takeoff power, the airplane began to drift toward the left edge of the runway. To avoid going into the snow, she rotated and “tried to make it fly.” The airplane became partially airborne before it touched back down. The pilot then applied the brakes and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted in the snow next to the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage and vertical stabilizer. The student pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N767VK
- Reported as
- Textron 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S13021
- Built
- 2023
- Airframe hours
- 1,532.8
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-260-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Textron Aviation Employees Flying Club Inc
- Registered owner
- Textron Aviation Employees Flying Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 2025
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 3AU · Augusta Muni, runway 18/36, 4,501 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B
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
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 56 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point -2 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.65 inHg
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KAAO, 8 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KAAO 311554Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M14/M19 A3065 RMK AO2 SLP411 T11441189
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 21, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 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.