# NTSB LAX07CA101: Cessna 172S, N526ER, Prescott, AZ, March 3, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 3, 2007, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Prescott, AZ - Coordinates: 34.650001, -112.416664 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6500&lon=-112.4167&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 29, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 65374 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07CA101 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65374/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA101 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command(cfi) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N526ER), registered now, S/N 172S9110, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172S9110 - Airframe hours: 3596 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 22; injuries: none; 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 - Student pilot; age 18; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20070303003899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070303003899A), Mar 3, 2007: Cessna 172S, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot with 3 hours total locked up the brakes on landing. Instructor could not regain control of the aircraft. Aircraft departed the runway and… 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.