# NTSB ERA11CA286: Cessna 172R, N2434T, Hollywood, FL, May 4, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 4, 2011, 19:36 local (23:36 UTC)
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Coordinates: 26.001111, -80.240554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0011&lon=-80.2406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11CA286
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/79052/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=79052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA286

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Experience/qualifications: total experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot; cases with it: [All aircraft, 269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17281326
- Airframe hours: 2792
- Engines: 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.

- 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

## 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 20110504010359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110504010359A), May 4, 2011: Cessna 172R, Pembroke Pines, FL, Substantial damage. On may 4, 2011, [privacy data omitted], a student pilot, was practicing touch and go landings on runway 9L at the hollywood/North Perry Airport (hwo). When…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 20, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=79052. 1.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 661 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348307&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 16 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348274&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF
- Photo 1: Digital Photograph Provided by the Operator. View Depicting the Airplane at the Accident Site. (item 3, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348489&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Digital%20Photograph%20Provided%20by%20the%20Operator.%20View%20Depicting%20the%20Airplane%20at%20the%20Accident%20Site.-Master.PDF
- Photo 2: Digital Photograph Provided by the Operator. View Depicting the Collapsed Nose Landing Gear and Firewall. (item 4, .PDF, 468 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348493&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%3A%20Digital%20Photograph%20Provided%20by%20the%20Operator.%20View%20Depicting%20the%20Collapsed%20Nose%20Landing%20Gear%20and%20Firewall.-Master.PDF
- Photo 3: Digital Photograph Provided by the Operator. Close-Up View Depicting the Damaged Firewall. (item 5, .PDF, 315 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348498&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203%3A%20Digital%20Photograph%20Provided%20by%20the%20Operator.%20Close-Up%20View%20Depicting%20the%20Damaged%20Firewall.-Master.PDF

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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