- Date
- May 30, 2005, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N172MRCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration Oakland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050530010879A
- Case key
- 61594
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper use of the brakes, and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
On the landing rollout, the airplane veered off the runway, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. The pilot said that on the landing rollout, he applied the right brake too hard, and the airplane departed off the runway to the right. The airplane encountered a low spot in the dirt and nosed over. The pilot said there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On May 30, 2005, about 1415 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N172MR, veered off runway 29R, and came to rest inverted at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), Stockton, California. The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country personal flight departed Lincoln Regional Airport/Karl Harder Field (LHM), Lincoln, California, about 1330, with a planned destination of Stockton. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot submitted a written statement. He reported that on the landing rollout, he applied the right brake too hard, and the airplane drifted to the right and off the runway. The airplane hit a low spot in the dirt and nosed over. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical discrepancies noted with the airplane and engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N172MR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267684
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Luis Rivara
- Registered owner
- Luis J. Rivara
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KHLM · Lincoln, CA
- Destination
- KSCK · Stockton, CA
- Airport
- KSCK · Stockton Metropolitan, runway 29R, 10,650 × 150 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 77 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.