- Date
- April 14, 2023, 17:00 local (Apr 15, 2023, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Las Vegas, NV · KVGT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734NJCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230414005549A
- Case key
- 107069
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 of the airplane during the landing roll resulting in collision with taxiway sign.
Findings · 3
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 Certified Flight Instructor reported that, while practicing stop-and-go landings with his student, the airplane touched down hard and immediately veered left. The pilot attempted to correct with opposite rudder; however, the airplane continued off the runway and hit a taxiway sign with the left wing and landing gear struts. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing strut. The pilot reported to the duty officer that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734NJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268981
- Built
- 1977
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flyright Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Flyright Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- March 14, 2023
- Departed
- U08 · Overton, NV
- Destination
- KVGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- KVGT · North Las Vegas, runway 30R, 4,199 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 10, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 290.9 total · 114.8 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 49.8 in the last 90 days · 33.3 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 12.9 total · 12.9 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.81 inHg
- Observed at
- KVGT
- METAR
- METAR KVGT 142353Z 27004KT 10SM CLR 23/M07 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02331067 10239 20189 56006=
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 24, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 MB 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.