- Date
- January 6, 2010, 15:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N35414Cessna 172R
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- FAA report
- 20100106026539A
- Case key
- 75234
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that he was on his second solo flight and planned to do a touch-and-go landing. He reported that after a normal landing he immediately set the flaps to zero degrees and applied full power. After adding power, the airplane veered left. The pilot reduced power and steered the airplane back to the right. The pilot added power a second time and the airplane veered left, exited the hard surface runway, then encountered rough terrain and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the tail and both wings. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane
Factual narrative
The student pilot reported that he was on his second solo flight and planned to do a touch-and-go landing. He reported that after a normal landing he immediately set the flaps to zero degrees and applied full power. After adding power, the airplane veered left. The pilot reduced power and steered the airplane back to the right. The pilot added power a second time and the airplane veered left, exited the hard surface runway, encountered rough terrain and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the tail and both wings. The pilot reported no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35414
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17281073
- Airframe hours
- 5,450
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pinnacle Aviation Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Pinnacle Aviation Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 31, 2009 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- KCRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Destination
- RNM · Ramona, CA
- Airport
- RNM · Ramona Airport, runway 27, 5,001 × 150 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
- 57
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 334 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.