# NTSB CHI08CA049: Cessna 172, N173DA, Hastings, MI, December 8, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 8, 2007, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Coordinates: 42.663612, -85.346107
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6636&lon=-85.3461&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67426
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67426/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA049

## Probable cause

The student pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing.  Factors were the ditch and the icy runway.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The student pilot reported that he was on his first solo flight and was practicing takeoffs and landings to a full stop.  The first landing was successful.  During the landing rollout on the second full stop landing, the student pilot applied brakes.  The braking action on the runway was uneven due to icy patches of snow and ice on the runway.  The airplane began to depart the left side of the runway and the student pilot attempted to apply right rudder and right brake, but it had no effect.  The airplane departed the left side of the runway and nosed over when the airplane impacted a shallow drainage ditch.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot reported that he was on his first solo flight and was practicing takeoffs and landings to a full stop.  The first landing was successful.  During the landing rollout on the second full stop landing, the student pilot applied brakes.  The braking action on the runway was uneven due to icy patches of snow and ice on the runway.  The airplane began to depart the left side of the runway and the student pilot attempted to apply right rudder and right brake, but it had no effect.  The airplane departed the left side of the runway and nosed over when the airplane impacted a shallow drainage ditch.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N173DA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173DA-2008-07-03), registration cancelled 2008-07-03, S/N 17253664, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253664
- Engines: Continental O-300 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skykid Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 9D9, Hastings, MI
- Airport: 9D9, Hastings Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 37; student; flight hours: 32 total, 19 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20071208828729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071208828729A), Dec 8, 2007: Cessna 172G, Hastings, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot on initial solo landed on runway 30. On the second landing he veered off the left side of the runway and the aircraft flipped onto its back…

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.

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