- Date
- March 3, 2007, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N526ERCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070303003899A
- Case key
- 65374
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Probable cause
the student pilot's failure to maintain directional during the landing rollout and the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane veered off the runway and collided with a ditch. During the landing rollout, the airplane started to veer to the right of runway centerline. The CFI allowed the student, who had a total time of 3 hours, to attempt to correct the airplane's track back to runway centerline until it became evident that the student was not able to do so. The instructor then assumed control and tried to correct the ground track. The student kept his feet on the brakes in an attempt to help the instructor slow the airplane. The airplane departed off the right side of the runway, and continued for about 200 feet until it impacted a ditch. The CFI stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 2007, about 1630 mountain standard time, a Cessna, 172S, N526ER, veered off of the runway and collided with a ditch at Ernest A. Love Field Airport (PRC), Prescott, Arizona. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) pilot and the student pilot were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local area instructional flight departed Prescott about 1550. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed. The approximate global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the primary wreckage were 34 degrees 39 minutes north latitude and 112 degrees 25 minutes west longitude.
The CFI stated in a written report that during the landing rollout on runway 03R, the airplane started to veer off to the right side of the runway. The CFI allowed the 3-hour student to attempt to correct the airplane's track back to runway centerline, until he had to take the controls from the student. The student kept his feet on the brakes in an attempt to help the instructor slow the airplane.
The airplane departed off the right side of the runway, and continued for about 200 feet until it impacted a ditch. The left wing and firewall were damaged.
The CFI stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S9110
- Airframe hours
- 3,596
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
- Registered owner
- GE Aircraft, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 1, 2007
- Departed
- Prescott, AZ
- Destination
- Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love Field, runway 03L, 4,846 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2005
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 498 total · 400 in this make and model · 437 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3 total · 3 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point -15 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 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.