- Date
- May 4, 2011, 19:36 local (23:36 UTC)
- Place
- Hollywood, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2434TCessna 172R
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110504010359A
- Case key
- 79052
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go landing.
Findings · 3
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 stated that during the landing roll of his third touch-and-go takeoff and landing, he applied right rudder, and then applied power. While accelerating, the airplane began to veer to the right. The pilot aborted the takeoff and the airplane came to rest between the runway and parallel taxiway with the nose landing gear collapsed. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and firewall. The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The student pilot stated that during the landing roll of his third touch-and-go landing, he applied right rudder input then applied power. While accelerating, the airplane began, "...going hard to the right...." He aborted the takeoff and the airplane came to rest between the runway and parallel taxiway with the nose landing gear collapsed. Damage to the lower forward portion of the fuselage and firewall was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2434T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17281326
- Airframe hours
- 2,792
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ns Aviation Training & Rental Inc
- Registered owner
- Ns Aviation Training & Rental Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 2011
- Departed
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Airport
- HWO · North Perry Airport, runway 09L, 3,240 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- HWO
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 20, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.5 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.