- Date
- July 9, 1992, 07:18 local (12:18 UTC)
- Place
- Waukegan, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98673Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920709024599A
- Case key
- 15490
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain airplane directional control. Related factors are the student's lack of total flight experience, and improper aircraft control.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot was on a supervised solo flight, practicing takeoffs and landings with a slight (5 to 7 knot) crosswind. He stated as he flared he 'lost' the wind correction and the airplane veered off the runway onto the grass. He reported he inadvertently applied brake instead of rudder during his attempts to regain control of the airplane. The student pilot reported 26 hours total flight time, including 2 hours as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98673
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276332
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- A.T.E. Of Florida, Inc., doing business as American Flyers
- Registered owner
- A.T.E. Of Florida, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- UGN · IL
- Destination
- IL
- Airport
- UGN · Waukegan, runway 23, 6,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UGN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N98673 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.