# NTSB ERA25LA112: Cessna 172, N84048, Rock Hill, SC, February 9, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 9, 2025, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC) - Place: Rock Hill, SC - Coordinates: 34.987833, -81.057167 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9878&lon=-81.0572&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093) - 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): 199668 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA112 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199668/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199668 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA112 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborded crosswind landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: lateral/bank control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023/cases.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 390 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation; cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 319 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis While conducting a solo flight in the airport traffic pattern the student pilot approached the runway, and during the landing, a crosswind pushed the airplane to the left. The pilot applied engine power to abort the landing, but the airplane rolled to the left and the left wing struck the ground. The airplane came to rest in the grass next to the runway and the fuselage, engine mount, and both wings were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N84048](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84048), registered now, S/N 17258314, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (K) - Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17258314 - Year built: 1969 - Airframe hours: 4016.99 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Aces Flight School - Registered owner: Kyzer Aviation Holdings LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, January 29, 2025, 32.4 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: UZA, Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Fld, runway 20, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 166.7 total, 166.7 in this make and model, 38.2 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 8.6 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: UZA - METAR: KUZA 091954Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM FEW070 24/12 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02390122 ## 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 20250209000949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250209000949A), Feb 9, 2025: Cessna 172K, Rock Hill, SC, Substantial damage. Student pilot was practicing take off and landings for proviate pilot check ride preprepation and falied to maintain control of the aircraft during windy… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 17, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199668. 8.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18421357&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1_N84048_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 7.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18377764&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� inspectors statement (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 72 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18587256&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20Inspectors%20statement-Rel.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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.