# NTSB ERA22LA022: Cessna 172, N8592B, Statesboro, GA, October 9, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 9, 2021, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Statesboro, GA · Airport runway - Coordinates: 32.48275, -81.736944 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4828&lon=-81.7369&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104139 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA022 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104139/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104139 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA022 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure reduce power and apply sufficient braking after landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with objects and terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/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 172, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: landing gear brakes system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 92 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/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: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting a solo cross-country flight and was preparing to return to his home airport. After takeoff, he observed a storm cloud along his intended route of flight and elected to return to the airport to wait for it to pass. Prior to touching down, he observed an airplane on the opposing runway flying directly towards him. He veered to the right to avoid a collision and landed on the remaining runway, however, he stated that he panicked and failed to reduce power and apply sufficient braking. The airplane exited the runway, proceeded down an embankment and impacted an airport perimeter fence before it came to rest, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures reported that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8592B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8592B), registered now, S/N 36292, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 36292 - Year built: 1957 - Airframe hours: 5104.3 - Engines: Continental O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Aero Davis LLC - Registered owner: Aero Davis LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, September 27, 2021, 23.8 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: TBR, Statesboro-Bulloch County, runway 14/32, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 36; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 30° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: TBR - METAR: METAR KTBR 092235Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2995 RMK AO2 T02410187= ## 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 20211009022429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211009022429A), Oct 9, 2021: Cessna 172, Statesboro, GA, Substantial damage. A student pilot took off out of savannah in a flight school 172 at approximately 5PM on oct. 9, 2021. The pilot head for Statesboro, but in route encountered… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 12, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104139. 5.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 3.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13385520&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilots%206120%20Accident%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot and instructor statements (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 748 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13384583&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Student%20Pilot%20and%20CFI%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation_FAA (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 108 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13384840&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation_FAA-Rel.pdf - Photo array_accident site and airplane damage (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 274 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13385332&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Site%20and%20Damage%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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