Cessna 172N N739ZA

Summary

On 6 July 1998 at about 12:55 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N739ZA, operated by Douglas Aviation, Inc, was involved in an accident near Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 July 1998 at 12:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Olive Branch (OLV)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N739ZA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Douglas Aviation, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL98LA094

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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According to the student pilot, on the eighth departure from runway 18, the plane began to drift to the left. He applied right rudder to correct but the airplane continued to drift to the left. According to the FAA, the student pilot was conducting his second supervised solo flight, when he departed the left side of runway 18 on takeoff, and substantially damaged the airplane after impacting a ditch and small trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.