# NTSB LAX96LA025: Cessna 172, N2967E, Livermore, CA, October 27, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 27, 1995, 09:19 local (16:19 UTC) - Place: Livermore, CA - Coordinates: 37.680492, -121.7509 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6805&lon=-121.7509&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 21, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29321 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX96LA025 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29321/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA025 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the rough/uneven terrain. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - inadequate recurrent training, pilot in command - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A PLOWED FIELD 200 FEET BEYOND THE MIDFIELD TAXIWAY/TURNOFF. SKID MARKS FROM BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTED ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BEFORE THE MIDFIELD TURNOFF AND ANGLED TOWARD IT UNTIL LEAVING THE RUNWAY ON APPROXIMATELY A 30-DEGREE ANGLE INDICATING A HIGH GROUNDSPEED. FAA INSPECTORS FOUND THAT THE PILOT'S BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW, CONDUCTED 4 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WAS COMPLETED IN 0.5 FLIGHT HOURS WITH NO LOGGED GROUND INSTRUCTION. ## Factual narrative On October 27, 1995, at 0919 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172, N2967E, veered off runway 25R into a plowed field while landing at Livermore Airport, Livermore, California. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the private pilot was uninjured. No flight plan was filed for the business flight and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight departed from Cameron Park, California, at 0830 on the morning of the accident. Runway 25R at Livermore is 5,255 feet long and 100 feet wide. Inspectors from the FAA's Oakland Flight Standards District Office reported that the aircraft came to rest approximately 2,100 feet west of the runway threshold and 100 feet north of the runway centerline. The stopping point is approximately 200 feet west of the midfield taxiway/turnoff. Skid marks from both main landing gear of the aircraft started on the runway approximately 100 feet east of the turnoff and angled to the right toward it until leaving the runway on approximately a 30-degree angle. The same FAA inspectors found that the pilot's biennial flight review, conducted 4 months prior to the accident, was completed in 0.5 flight hours with no logged ground instruction. The operator of the aircraft, who ferried it to a repair site after the accident, reported to NTSB investigators that there were no mechanical reasons for the aircraft veering off the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2967E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2967E), registered now, S/N 17271391, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17271391 - Airframe hours: 2934 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Registered owner: Aviation West - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1995, 16 hours before - Departed: O61, CAMERON PARK, CA - Destination: LVK - Airport: LVK, Livermore Municipal, runway 25R, 5,255 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 153 total, 28 in this make and model, 106 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: LVK ## 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 19951027034869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951027034869A), Oct 27, 1995: Cessna 172N, Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. Tried to turn off mid field taxiway at high speed. Exited into plowed field. Inadequate biennial flight review. From the NTSB's public API. 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