- Date
- March 1, 1985, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62344Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850301006929A
- Case key
- 24670
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was commencing his 1st solo x-country flt. At lift-off, the acft entered a left bank of about 45 degs. The student plt reduced power & the acft touched down hard on the dirt beside the rwy & was damaged. The plt believed that he may have encountered turbc from a Boeing 737. The Boeing 737 took off about 2 mins earlier on rwy 11L. However, it did not lift off until it was about 2000 ft beyond the intersection of rwy 21 & rwy 11L. The Cessna had not yet reached the intersection when it banked to the left. The plt had only 1.3 hrs solo flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62344
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75253
- Airframe hours
- 1,771
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Borderline Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1984 · 71 hours before
- Destination
- Sells, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TUC · Tucson Intl, runway 21, 7,000 × 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.