Pilot Debrief

Cessna 172 near Sugar Land, TX — 2018-12-27

Final reportGAA19CA119
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Date
2018-12-27
Location
Sugar Land, TX, USA
Airport
SGR
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N17SJ
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a sign.

NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, while taking off for a stop-and-go landing, he applied full power, and the airplane drifted left. He corrected with right rudder, but the airplane continued left. He reduced power to idle to abort the takeoff, but the airplane "continued out of control to the left." He applied brakes and opposite rudder, but the airplane exited the runway to the left and struck an airport sign, the left main landing gear separated, and the airplane came to rest about 200 ft past the sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing lift strut. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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