# NTSB CHI99LA203: Cessna 172R, N2632Y, Kokomo, IN, June 30, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1999, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Coordinates: 40.529457, -86.169235 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5295&lon=-86.1692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA203

## Probable cause

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.  Factors to the accident were the pilot's lack of experience and the VOR station.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - hangar/airport building (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The student pilot was performing his first solo takeoff and landing.  After landing, the aircraft veered off the left side of runway 23 (5201 feet by 150 feet, dry asphalt) and struck the VOR station with the left wing and the nose of the aircraft.  Post accident examination of the aircraft revealed no pre-existing anomalies.

## Factual narrative

On June 30, 1999, at 1345 eastern standard time (est), a Cessna 172R, N2632Y, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Kokomo Municipal Airport, Kokomo, Indiana.  The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight was not operating on a flight plan.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported no injuries.  The local flight originated approximately 1335 est.

The student pilot was performing his first solo takeoff and landing.  After landing, the aircraft veered off the left side of runway 23 (5201 feet by 150 feet, dry asphalt) and struck the VOR station with the left wing and the nose of the aircraft.

Post accident examination of the aircraft revealed no pre-existing anomalies.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2632Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2632Y), registered now, S/N 17280570, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280570
- Airframe hours: 291
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Flying Eagle Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 22, 1999, 18 hours before
- Departed: OKK
- Airport: OKK, Kokomo Municipal Airport, runway 23, 5,201 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GUS, 8 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19990630007929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990630007929A), Jun 30, 1999: Cessna 172R, Kokomo, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot was practicing touch and go landings when the acft landed, veered off the rwy, and struck a VOR station building, other circumstances are…

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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