- Date
- November 12, 2018, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Inverness, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4642JCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181112021719A
- Case key
- 98703
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Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that, with the pilot receiving instruction at the flight controls, the airplane veered left during the landing roll and that he then took the flight controls. He added full power and reduced flaps, but the airplane continued to veer left and exited the runway. Subsequently, the airplane impacted a ditch, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane then came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The instructor reported that the wind was from 170° at 8 knots. The airport’s automated weather observation station reported that, about 15 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 140° at 4 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 19.
Factual narrative
The flight instructor reported that, with the pilot receiving instruction at the flight controls, during the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left and the instructor took the flight controls. He added full power, reduced flaps, and the airplane continued to veer left. The airplane exited the runway to the left, impacted a ditch, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The instructor reported that the wind was from 170° at 8 knots. The automated weather observation station located on the airport reported that, about 15 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 140° at 4 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 19.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4642J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273658
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 14,880
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- CAG Aircraft Holdings LLC
- Registered owner
- CAG Aircraft Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 2018
- Departed
- CGC · Crystal River, FL
- Destination
- INF · Inverness, FL
- Airport
- INF · Inverness, runway 19, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 25, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,776 total · 74 in this make and model · 9.6 in the last 90 days · 9.6 in the last 30 days · 1.2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 7, 2017
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KINF, 1 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 11, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
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 N4642J · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.