# NTSB GAA19CA203: Cessna 172, N9964L, Fullteron, CA, April 11, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 11, 2019, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Fullteron, CA - Coordinates: 33.871944, -117.979721 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8719&lon=-117.9797&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 November 6, 2019 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 99248 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA203 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99248/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99248 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA203 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose-over. ## 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 172P, 28 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 29 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172P, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072436), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that, during the landing roll, he applied brakes, but the airplane began to veer left. He corrected with right rudder, but the airplane exited the runway to the left and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and rudder. The student reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The student pilot reported that, during the landing roll, he applied brakes, but the airplane began to veer to the left. He corrected with right rudder, but the airplane exited the runway to the left and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and rudder. The student pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. About the time of the accident, the automated weather reporting station, located on the airport, reported that the wind was from 220° at 5 knots. The student pilot was landing the airplane on runway 24. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9964L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9964L), registered now, S/N 17276652, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 (P) - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17276652 - Year built: 1986 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 SERIES 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Fun Outside Avaition - Registered owner: Hess Drew C - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: FUL, Fullteron, CA - Destination: FUL, Fullteron, CA - Airport: FUL, Fullerton Muni, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 29; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 8, 2019; seat: left; flight hours: 142 total, 60 in this make and model, 11.5 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: KFUL ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20190411010749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190411010749A), Apr 11, 2019: Cessna 172P, Fullerton, CA, Destroyed. On April 11, 2019 a Cessna 172P attempted to exit runway 24 at Fullerton airport at a high speed. The student pilot who was conducting an observed solo was at… ## Other investigations on N9964L (1) 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. - [NTSB LAX96LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA148), Mar 30, 1996: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadequate compensation for the encounter with wake turbulence from a preceding small aircraft, and his improper bounced landing recovery technique. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 7, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99248. 15.9 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 15.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40472605&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Accident Photos (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 349 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40472606&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.