- Date
- April 15, 1994, 08:52 local (13:52 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63456Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940415007969A
- Case key
- 19036
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions. A factor was the gusting cross wind.
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
During his first supervised solo flight, the student pilot lost control of the aircraft and it veered to the left during his second landing. The student pilot reported that he noticed the winds gusting from the left and the began to go to the left so he applied corrections but they were not sufficient to arrest the left movement. The aircraft struck the wind sock.
Factual narrative
On April 15, 1994, at 0852 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N63456, was substantially damaged during landing near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight.
The pilot stated in the Pilot/Operator report that he lost control of the aircraft during the landing roll on his first supervised solo flight. This was the second touch and go of the flight. He was in radio contact with his instructor pilot and had received current weather prior to commencing the flight. He further reported that he noticed that there were gusting winds from left. As he touched down he noticed that the aircraft veered to the left of the runway and he applied corrections, but he stated that "it wasn't enough." He also reported that he applied full power but that "it made it go more to the left." The aircraft struck the windsock with the leftwing.
An inspection of the aircraft revealed no anomalies.
The aircraft was released to the owner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63456
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275435
- Airframe hours
- 5,067
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Spartan School Of Aeronautics
- Registered owner
- Christianson Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1994 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- RVS
- Airport
- RVS · Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr., runway 10, 4,207 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 44 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RVS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.