- Date
- March 3, 1995, 08:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7369FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950303003089A
- Case key
- 29047
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.
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 elected to initiate a go-around when the aircraft began drifting to the right during landing. During the attempted go-around, the aircraft started to go to the left and the pilot stated the aircraft became uncontrollable. The aircraft drifted off the runway and collided with a ditch. The winds were reported as calm. The pilot reported no mechanical problems.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 1995, at 0840 hours mountain standard time, the pilot of a Cessna 172, N7369F, veered off runway 21R and nosed over at Prescott, Arizona, during a local instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time with the winds calm. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the pilot was not injured.
The student pilot stated that on his approach the aircraft drifted to the right of the runway centerline. He made corrections, but the aircraft weather vaned to the left. He initiated a balked landing procedure, but the aircraft continued to turn to the left and was uncontrollable. The aircraft departed off the side of the runway and collided with a ditch. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7369F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273258
- Airframe hours
- 3,438
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North-Aire, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 13, 1995 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- PRC
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A Love, runway 21R, 4,842 × 60 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.