Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 172S near Mckinney, TX — 2010-03-26

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Date
2010-03-26
Location
Mckinney, TX, USA
Airport
KTKI
Aircraft
CESSNA 172S
Registration
N18563
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's loss of directional control while landing with a crosswind.

NTSB narrative

The student pilot was on his third solo flight and planned to do several touch-and-go landings. He reported that he had completed five landings without incident. On the sixth landing, he stated that after the main wheels touched the runway the airplane veered left. The student pilot was unable to correct back to the center of the runway. The airplane then exited the runway, the nose gear encountered soft terrain, dug in, and was torn from the airplane. The student pilot added that at the time of the accident the wind was out of the southeast and gusting, but was within the crosswind limit he and his flight instructor had set before the flight.

NTSB coding

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