- Date
- June 9, 2008, 10:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Byron, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9328HCessna 172M
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20080609834419A
- Case key
- 68207
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot landed on runway 30, which is 4,500-foot-long by 100-foot wide. During rollout, the airplane began veering toward the right side of the runway. The student reported that he "stepped on the right rudder/brakes" and "lost directional control." An estimated 30-foot-long skid mark was observed on the runway leading off its right side. Thereafter, the airplane entered a grassy open field and came to rest upon colliding with the up sloping side of a ravine.
Factual narrative
The student pilot landed on runway 30, which is 4,500 feet long by 100 feet wide. During rollout, the airplane began veering toward the right side of the runway. The student reported that he "stepped on the right rudder/brakes" and "lost directional control." An estimated 30-foot-long skid mark was observed on the runway leading off its right side. Thereafter, the airplane entered a grassy open field and came to rest upon colliding with the upsloping side of a ravine. The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) activated. The student reported that he had a total of 72 hours of flight time, of which 3.2 hours were in solo flight. Airplane recovery personnel reported to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator that the right wing's outboard rib was demolished, about 1 1/2 feet of adjacent leading edge skin was crushed inward, and the firewall was buckled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9328H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266088
- Airframe hours
- 5,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bel-Air International
- Registered owner
- Alex Al-Abed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2008
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- C83 · Byron, CA
- Airport
- C83 · Byron, runway 30, 4,500 × 100 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
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 70 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- C83
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.