# NTSB LAX85LA166: Cessna 172, N62344, Tucson, AZ, March 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1985, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Coordinates: 32.149612, -110.92945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1496&lon=-110.9295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24670
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24670/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA166

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - lift-off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62344-2013-10-30), registration cancelled 2013-10-30, S/N 17275253, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75253
- Airframe hours: 1771
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850301006929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850301006929A), Mar 1, 1985: Cessna 172P, Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. Went into 45 degree bank after liftoff. Aborted, hard landing in the dirt. Possible wake turbulence from B707.

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.

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