# NTSB LAX02LA017: Cessna 172M, N13514, Prescott, AZ, October 29, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 29, 2001, 14:23 local (21:23 UTC) - Place: Prescott, AZ - Coordinates: 34.654445, -112.419723 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4197&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 18, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 53696 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX02LA017 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53696/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA017 ## Probable cause The CFI's improper remedial action and failure to maintain directional control during landing in a strong crosswind condition. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - remedial action - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - sign ## Analysis The certified flight instructor was teaching his recently soloed primary student how to perform a crosswind takeoff and landing. To accomplish this, the CFI selected a runway that would expose his student to a near 90-degree left, 8-knot crosswind condition. The airplane touched down on the runway's centerline. However, immediately thereafter it drifted right. The CFI took the controls from his student and applied left aileron and rudder correction to return back to the runway centerline. Even using full flight control inputs, the airplane continued skidding right. Seconds thereafter, directional control was lost and the airplane started a quick left turn toward the left side of the runway. The CFI attempted to redirect the airplane back to the right, but it was "too little too late," and the airplane collided with a sign. The CFI continued the touch-and-go landing and took off. While airborne he evaluated the damage and landed into the wind using runway 12. As the airplane decelerated it veered off the runway and impacted another sign. ## Factual narrative On October 29, 2001, about 1423 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172M, N13514, collided with an airport sign during landing at the Ernest A. Love Field, Prescott, Arizona. The airplane was operated by Sky School, Inc., in Prescott, and it was substantially damaged. Neither the certified flight instructor (CFI) nor his student was injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight. The flight was performed under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane departed from Prescott about 1402. According to the CFI, during the accident flight he was providing primary flight instruction to his student, whom he had recently soloed. The purpose of the lesson was, in part, to teach crosswind takeoffs and landings. To accomplish this, the CFI selected runway 21R for use because the local wind was from about 130 degrees at 8 knots. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that the airplane was cleared for takeoff from runway 21L. The airplane remained in the traffic pattern and made a touch-and-go landing on runway 21R about 1407. About 1413 and 1419, the airplane was cleared for additional touch-and-go landings on runway 21R. The CFI reported that 20 degrees of flaps were used during the touch-and-go landings. The airplane touched down on runway 21R's centerline about 1423. Immediately thereafter, it began drifting right. The CFI took over the controls from his student and applied left aileron and rudder correction to return back to the runway centerline. According to the CFI, even using full flight control inputs, the airplane continued skidding right. Seconds thereafter, the airplane started a quick left turn toward the left side of the runway. The CFI indicated that he attempted to redirect the airplane back to the right, but it was "too little too late." The airplane's right main landing gear collided with a taxiway sign. The CFI reported that he then took off, evaluated the damage, and performed a low pass over runway 12. At 1437, the FAA cleared the airplane to land, and about 3 minutes later it touched down on the runway. As the airplane decelerated it veered off the runway to the right, hit another sign, and came to rest in the grass between runway 12 and taxiway echo. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N13514](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13514-2013-08-13), registration cancelled 2013-08-13, S/N 17262811, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172M - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17262811 - Airframe hours: 8000 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2G 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Sky School, Inc. - Registered owner: Magnum Aero Corp. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 15, 2000, 50 hours before - Departed: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ - Destination: PRC, Prescott, AZ - Airport: PRC, Ernest A. Love Field, runway 21R, 4,846 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 24; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 8, 2000; seat: right; flight hours: 1,248 total, 700 in this make and model, 1,185 as pilot in command, 234 in the last 90 days, 87 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 23; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 25 °F - Altimeter: 30.25 inHg - Observed at: PRC ## 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 20011029031069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011029031069A), Oct 29, 2001: Cessna 172M, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On October 29, 2001, about 1423 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 172M, N13514, operated by sky school, inc., Prescott, Arizona, collided with an… ## Other investigations on N13514 (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 LAX06CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA117), Feb 17, 2006: Cessna 172M (N13514), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control. 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. 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