# NTSB ERA11CA132: Cessna 172S, N6013J, St. Petersburg, FL, January 29, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 29, 2011, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC) - Place: St. Petersburg, FL - Coordinates: 27.758888, -82.622779 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7589&lon=-82.6228&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 8, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 78267 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11CA132 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78267/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78267 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA132 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting to turn the airplane onto a taxiway after landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 41 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/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 172S, 66 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072439), [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. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 77 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 76 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 118 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the student pilot, he was on a solo flight practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the third approach, as he turned the airplane onto the final leg of the traffic pattern, the tower air traffic controller requested that the pilot complete a full stop landing due to an increased number of aircraft in the airport area. The touchdown and roll out were normal. The pilot subsequently attempted to turn off of the runway onto a taxiway with the airplane traveling too fast. He applied the brakes, yet the airplane proceeded off the side of the taxiway and impacted a pole, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. During a postaccident examination of the wreckage, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found no anomalies with the airplane that may have contributed to the accident. ## Factual narrative According to the solo student pilot, he was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the third approach as the pilot turned on final, the tower controller asked him to complete a full stop landing due to an increased number of aircraft in the airport area. The landing and roll out were normal, but when the pilot attempted to turn off of the runway onto a taxiway, the airplane was traveling too fast. He applied the brakes, yet the airplane proceeded off the side of the taxiway and impacted a pole, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. During an examination of the wreckage, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found no anomalies with the airplane that may have contributed to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6013J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6013J), registered now, S/N 172S10153, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172S10153 - Airframe hours: 2462 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Bay Air Flying Service Inc - Registered owner: Bay Air Flying Service Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, January 26, 2011 - Departed: SPG, St. Petersburg, FL - Destination: SPG, St. Petersburg, FL - Airport: SPG, Albert Whitten Airport, runway 18, 2,864 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 46; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.20 inHg - Observed at: SPG ## 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 20110129003179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129003179A), Jan 29, 2011: Cessna 172S, Saint Petersbur, FL, Substantial damage. On 01/25/2011 at approximately 1345 n 6013J departed the runway after normal landing and contacted a metal fence with the left wing substantially damaging the… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78267. 671 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 151 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40343605&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Federal Aviation Administration Statement (item 2, .PDF, 20 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40343606&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Federal%20Aviation%20Administration%20Statement-Master.PDF - Weather Reports: SPG METARs (item 3, .PDF, 37 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40343607&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%3A%20SPG%20METARs-Master.PDF - Picture 1: Left Wing Damage (item 4, .PDF, 463 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40343630&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Picture%201%3A%20Left%20Wing%20Damage-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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