- Date
- December 29, 1994, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737ZJCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941229043319A
- Case key
- 19329
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
A solo student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings when the aircraft went off the left side of the runway during a landing. The aircraft's right wing tip hit the ground as it came to a stop in the soft rough terrain. The wind was from 190 degrees at 8 knots.
Factual narrative
On December 29, 1994, at 1445 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172N, N737ZJ, was substantially damaged while landing near Albuquerque, New Mexico. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight. The solo student pilot was not injured.
The pilot/operator report stated the following information. The pilot was practicing touch-and-goes on Runway 22 at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The second touch-and-go resulted in "loss of directional control." The aircraft subsequently went off the runway to the south (left). The right wing tip hit the ground, as the airplane came to a stop in the soft rough terrain. Wind was from 190 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737ZJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 69799
- Airframe hours
- 4,973
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Peacock Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Mccloskey, Edwin M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1994 · 93 hours before
- Airport
- AEG · Double Eagle II, runway 22, 7,398 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 65 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 7 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.