- Date
- July 7, 1990, 17:15 local (Jul 8, 1990, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Davis, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7726XCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900707024529A
- Case key
- 26859
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintin directional control by improperly using the brakes.
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 surface winds were reported to be light and variable. After landing on runway 34, the pilot improperly used the brakes causing the airplane to enter into a left skid and exit the runway. After exiting the runway, the airplane nosed over, when the nose wheel sank into the soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7726X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248226
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ultamax Group
- Registered owner
- Unknonw
- Departed
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Destination
- 2Q3
- Airport
- 2Q3 · Yolo County, runway 34, 6,000 × 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 143 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 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.