Cessna 172R N58AF

Summary

On 13 April 2002 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N58AF, operated by American Flyers, was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas, 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

13 April 2002 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

McKinney, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

McKinney Muni (KTKI)

Coordinates

33.1800, -96.5899

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N58AF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

American Flyers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McKinney → McKinney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW02LA122

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while taxiing from landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

An 18-hour student pilot entered a left hand traffic pattern for a second supervised solo flight of stop and go landings. The student completed three stop-and-go landings without incident. During the landing roll of the fourth landing, he was not able to exit to taxiway "charlie" and was instructed by the tower to "make next taxiway." The pilot added power while taxiing to taxiway "delta," at which time he began to lose control of the airplane towards the left. While attempting to correct the problem, the airplane departed the left side of the runway and rolled into a drainage ditch substantially damaging the lower fuselage. A witness reported that "as the plane hit the ground, the aircraft proceeded to float several feet and make a strong turn to the left, and then proceeded to run off the runway, and hit nose first in the ground."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.