# NTSB WPR11CA177: Cessna 172, N7302A, Republic, WA, March 31, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 31, 2011, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Republic, WA - Coordinates: 48.718055, -118.656387 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7181&lon=-118.6564&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 12, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 78729 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR11CA177 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78729/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78729 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA177 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [Cessna 172, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 30 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was practicing forward slips to a landing for his private pilot check ride, which was scheduled for the following day. He performed a no flap landing and when he applied the brakes, the airplane turned to the right, and departed the runway surface. The airplane collided with rocks about one foot high. The nose wheel separated, and the left wing sustained substantial damage. ## Factual narrative The student pilot was practicing forward slips to a landing for his private pilot check ride, which was scheduled for the following day. He landed flaps up, and was rolling down the runway. As he applied the brakes, the airplane turned to the right, and departed the runway surface. The airplane collided with a winrow of rocks about a foot high. The nose wheel was knocked off, and the left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot had a total time of 130 hours with 39 hours as pilot-in-command. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7302A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7302A), registered now, S/N 29402, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 29402 - Airframe hours: 4761 - Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert W Lievense - Registered owner: Robert W Lievense - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 2, 2010, 47 hours before - Departed: R49, Republic, WA - Destination: R49, Republic, WA - Airport: R49, Ferry, runway 35, 3,498 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 76; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 39 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 29.86 inHg - Observed at: KOMK, 43 nm away ## 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 20110331004369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110331004369A), Mar 31, 2011: Cessna 172, Republic, WA, Substantial damage. Student pilot robert lievense was practicing takeoffs and landings at the Ferry County Airport. He lost control on tochdown and the aircraft departed the… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 13, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78729. 4.3 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 4.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40347330&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.