# NTSB GAA17CA329: Cessna 172, N4284Q, Nashville, TN, June 8, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 8, 2017, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.177223, -86.88861 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1772&lon=-86.8886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 3, 2017
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA17CA329
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95328/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95328
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA329

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [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 172L, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 24 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: sign/marker](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/cases.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 214 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/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: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172L, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072432), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during the landing roll, "a strong wind" pushed the airplane to the right and he was "unable to regain control." The airplane impacted a taxiway sign and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the wind was from 020° at 6 knots. The airplane landed on runway 02.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that during the landing roll, "a strong wind" pushed the airplane to the right and he was "unable to regain control". The airplane impacted a taxiway sign and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the wind was 020° at 6 knots. The airplane landed on runway 02.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4284Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4284Q-2018-08-18), registration cancelled 2018-08-18, S/N 17260184, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (L)
- Registry model: [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (registry code 2072432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260184
- Year built: 1971
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 SERIES reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JWN, Nashville, TN
- Destination: JWN, Nashville, TN
- Airport: JWN, John C Tune, runway 02, 6,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 8, 2015; seat: left; restraint: none; flight hours: 125 total, 80 as pilot in command, 1.6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Observed at: KBNA, 10 nm away

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 10, 2017, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95328. 869 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 470 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40454078&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 1 photo, 399 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40454079&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.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.

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