- Date
- March 30, 1990, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Groveland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13685Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900330007379A
- Case key
- 26765
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Probable cause
The pilot improperly used the flight controls during the landing roll-out.
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 practicing touch and go takeoffs and landings on runway 27. During the fourth landing roll-out, the pilot inadvertently raised the left wing and lost directional control. The acft exited the right side of the runway, and collided with a ditch. The surface winds were light from the north.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13685
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262942
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- T.J. Martco
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- Q68 · Pine Mountain Lake, runway 27, 3,663 × 50 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 24 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.