- Date
- September 25, 2011, 19:20 local (Sep 26, 2011, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N169MECessna 172S
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110925025189A
- Case key
- 81893
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
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 pilot reported that he landed to the right of the centerline of the runway, and, while attempting to correct back to the centerline, the airplane exited the right side of the runway and impacted terrain. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the airplane's firewall. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he landed to the right of centerline for runway 25 Left, and that while attempting to correct back to the centerline, the airplane exited the right side of the runway and impacted terrain. A post accident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the airplane's firewall. The reported wind at the time of the accident was from 250 degrees at 8 knots. No mechanical malfunctions or failures were claimed, or identified in a post accident inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N169ME
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8849
- Airframe hours
- 2,331
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Westwind Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Registered owner
- Westwind Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 2011 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DVT · Phoenix Deer Valley, runway 25L, 8,197 × 100 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 25, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 33 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 6, 2011
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 383 total · 320 in this make and model · 181 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- DVT, 1 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 26, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 643 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.