- Date
- April 23, 1992, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bryan, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734KWCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920423011129A
- Case key
- 37148
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during landing roll. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of total experience and lack of recent experience.
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 touched down on the right side of the runway 7, veered left and then right, departing the runway on the right side. The nose wheel collapsed and the airplane received substantial damage. She reported the winds were from the northeast at 4 to 5 knots. She had 55 hours total time, 50 hours in make and model, 8 hours as PIC, 8 hours in the preceding 90 days and 6 hours in the preceding 30 days. Inspection of the airplane, wheels, and brakes by the FAA after the accident found 'no anomalies.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734KW
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268923
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Williams County Aviation
- Registered owner
- Henry County Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 6, 1992
- Airport
- OG6 · Williams Co. Arpt, runway 7, 5,013 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 50 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.