- Date
- May 31, 1986, 08:03 local (15:03 UTC)
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2002ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860531020059A
- Case key
- 25172
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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 student pilot was on her first supervised solo on runway 03 at Goodyear airport, Goodyear, AZ. Her instructor advised her to make three touch & go takeoff's and landings. The instructor positioned herself near the landing area and advised the student pilot that she would wave to her if she wanted her to terminate the takeoff's and landings. The instructor reported that the initial landing was nearly perfect. During the second takeoff roll the student pilot failed to retract the flaps & the acft lifted off in a very short distance and about a 30 degree pitch up attitude. When the acft reached about 100 ft above ground level it began a left turn and a steep descending dive. The acft came to rest on about a 200 deg magnetic heading, right-side up. The student pilot sustained serious injuries. Runway 03 is concrete surfaced and is 8,500 ft long by 150 ft wide.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2002E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-71115
- Airframe hours
- 466
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Litchfield Realty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- GYR · Goodyear, runway 3, 8,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.