- Date
- April 6, 2006, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84034Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20060406006229A
- Case key
- 63473
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane veered off the runway during the landing roll. The student pilot decided to perform touch-and-go practice takeoffs and landings after arriving at his destination airport. On the third landing he reached over to raise the flap lever to the "up" position and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway and collided with a gate. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. The airport was equipped with a windsock; the pilot estimated that the winds were variable at 5 knots with slight gusts.
Factual narrative
The airplane veered off the runway during the landing roll. The student pilot decided to perform touch-and-go practice takeoff and landings after arriving at his destination airport. On the third landing the main landing gear touched down first with the nose landing gear following shortly thereafter. As he reached his hand over to raise the flap lever to the "up" position, the airplane encountered a gust of wind. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway and collided with a gate. The airplane incurred damage to the right strut.
The pilot initially suspected a disconnect of the rudder cables. A mechanic inspected the entire rudder control system and noted no anomalies or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
In a later statement, the pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. The sole wind information provided at the airport was via a windsock. The pilot estimated that the winds were variable at 5 knots with slight gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84034
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258307
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- E25 · Wickenbug, AZ
- Airport
- E25 · Wickenburg Municipal Airport, runway 23, 5,050 × 75 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 11 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N84034 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.