- Date
- October 22, 1990, 14:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734KGCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901022046999A
- Case key
- 23286
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare technique and use of rudder.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The 30 hour student pilot stated that he landed fast and touched down nose gear first. The airplane subsequently wheel barrowed down the runway and the student applied left rudder. The airplane then departed the left side of the runway and the left wing collided with the VASI system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734KG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cam-Air
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- T67
- Destination
- T67
- Airport
- F67 · Municipal, runway 35, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBE, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N734KG · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.