# NTSB WPR25LA098: Cessna 172, N3901L, Oxnard, CA, February 18, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 18, 2025, 15:46 local (23:46 UTC) - Place: Oxnard, CA - Coordinates: 34.200807, -119.20722 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2008&lon=-119.2072&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - 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 - NTSB case key (mKey): 199724 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA098 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199724/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199724 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA098 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during 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 172G, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072420), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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 172G, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072420), [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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172G, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072420), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the student pilot, he had been practicing touch-and-goes. Upon the fifth landing, the airplane began to veer to the left. He attempted to correct with right rudder, however, the airplane exited the left side of the runway. Subsequently, the right main landing gear impacted a sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. At the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing on runway 25 with the wind from 260° at 10 knots. The student pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that could have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3901L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3901L), registered now, S/N 17254070 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (G) - Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17254070 - Year built: 1966 - Airframe hours: 3458 - Engines: Continental O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: San Fernando Avitioin LLC, doing business as Advanced Flight & Instrument Training - Registered owner: San Fernando Avitioin LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: CMA, Camarillo, CA - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: OXR, Oxnard Airport, runway 25, 5,953 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Heads up display, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Angle of attack indicator ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 28.2 total, 27.4 in this make and model, 2.5 as pilot in command, 28.2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.02 inHg - Observed at: KOXR - METAR: KOXR 182351Z 26010KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01670100 10178 20156 56006 ## 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 20250218005039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250218005039A), Feb 18, 2025: Cessna 172G, Oxnard, CA, Substantial damage. While conductinig touch-and-go's at oxr runway 25, pilot lost control on touchdown. Aircraft veered off left side of runway and struck a taxiway sign. Airman… ## Other investigations on N3901L (1) 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. - [NTSB WPR22LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA143), Apr 2, 2022: Cessna 172G (N3901L), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient distance behind a jet airplane which, resulted in his loss of airplane control due to the jet airplane’s jet blast and the flight instructor’s… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 9, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199724. 2.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18455093&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Flattened_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18456856&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.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. 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