- Date
- September 22, 2006, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N320CPCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060922031039A
- Case key
- 64583
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions during the landing roll. A drainage ditch and wind were contributing factors.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
In a written statement the student pilot reported that he had completed a practice landing and was applying power in preparation for another takeoff when the aircraft encountered a "wind gust" from the right. The pilot reported that he applied corrective actions, rudder and aileron, however, the airplane veered off the runway and collided with a ditch. At the time of the accident the pilot's total flight time was 19.7 hours. The pilot's first solo flight was on September 21, 2006. The 1323 METAR observation at Naples was, in part, wind from 140 degrees at 8 knots, visibility unrestricted at 10 statute miles.
Factual narrative
On September 22, 2006, about 1320 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N320CP, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a runway excursion and collision with a ditch while landing on runway 14 at Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida. The airplane is owned by CP, LLC, of Naples, and was being operated by London Helicopters, Inc, as a visual flight rules (VFR) instructional flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The student pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local flight.
In a written statement the student pilot reported that he had completed a practice landing and was applying power in preparation for another takeoff when the aircraft encountered a "wind gust" from the right. The pilot reported that he applied corrective actions, rudder and aileron, however, the airplane veered off the runway and collided with a ditch.
At the time of the accident the pilot's total flight time was 19.7 hours. The pilot's first solo flight was on September 21, 2006.
The 1323 METAR observation at Naples was, in part, wind from 140 degrees at 8 knots, visibility unrestricted at 10 statute miles, temperature 33 degrees C, dew point 23 degrees C, altimeter 30.04 inches of Hg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320CP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10249
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- London Helicopters, doing business as London Aviation Group
- Registered owner
- Cp, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- APF · Naples, FL
- Destination
- APF · Naples, FL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- APF · Naples Muni, runway 14, 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.