Cessna 172-SP N2124Z
7 February 2004 · McKinney, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 February 2004 at about 19:28 local time, a Cessna 172-SP registered N2124Z, operated by Tom Grosch, was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:28
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- McKinney, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- McKinney Municipal Airport (TKI)
- Coordinates
- 33.1708, -96.7010
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172-SP
- Registration
- N2124Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Tom Grosch
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- McKinney → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW04LA072
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the take-off roll.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Prior to lift-off from Runway 35, the 20-hour student pilot reported that he lost directional control of the aircraft as it turned to the left, and he tried to compensate with right rudder. The pilot stated that the aircraft continued its left hand turn into a grassy area, and he powered down by pulling out the mixture control and concentrated on preventing the aircraft from rolling over. At the time of the accident, the winds were reported from 030 degrees at 7 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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